Question 1 of 11
To this day, the Lightning remains…
Question 2 of 11
On what date did the Lightning first fly in its P.1A form?
Question 3 of 11
The brainchild of noted aircraft designer ‘Teddy’ Petter, in what year did he lay down his first drawings for what eventually became the Lightning?
Question 4 of 11
How many examples of the Lightning were pressed into service with Kuwait?
Question 5 of 11
What was the name of the two-seat, carrier capable variable-geometry wing fighter variant of the Lightning proposed to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm during the 1960s?
Question 6 of 11
How many squadrons operated the Lightning during its 28 years of service with the Royal Air Force?
Question 7 of 11
Preserved at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Lightning F.1 XM135 is most famous for what?
Question 8 of 11
How many examples – including prototypes – of the Lightning were built?
Question 9 of 11
Powering the Lightning F.6, a single Rolls-Royce Avon 301R turbojet engine produced how much thrust in afterburner?
Question 10 of 11
Which of the RAF’s lightning variants was considered to be the ‘ultimate hot rod’?
Question 11 of 11
In 1963, 56 Squadron was selected to field the RAF's official display team using nine Lightning F.1s - what was the team's name?
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0 > 25%, electric shock. More power / effort required…
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26% > 50%, electric avenue. You're on the road to serious knowledge…
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51% > 75%, electric eel. Only a couple of answers have slipped through the net.
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76% > 100%, Thunder and lightning, you're hot on English Electric's finest!
