Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Taffy Holden, the Accidental Lightning Pilot" video.

  1. I have seen the Lightning a number of times. In fact it was the last aircraft, apart from the air sea rescue Sea Kings, to be stationed at RAF Leconfield, not far from where I live. It was so fast that it went supersonic while climbing just after takeoff for its very first flight. And despite the claims of others it was the first aircraft to use supercruise, the ability to go supersonic without the use of the afterburner. Saw it give a display at the BAE factory at Brough. It flow past just and the noise from it was awesome.
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