BAC English Electric Lightning F.6

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Scale: 1:48
Publisher/Brand: Corgi
Construction: Diecast Metal
Size: Approx W 22.1cm x L 35.1cm x H 12.4cm
Location: RAF Leconfield Deployment
Squadron: RAF No.5 Binbrook Wing
Year: May 1973
Markings: XS904 / N
Stand: Yes
Engine: Removeable Engine Covers
Figures:  Detailed Crew Figures and Crew Ladder
Production: October 2025
Limited Edition:  1,200 worldwide 
Colours: as shown
 
History:
Occupying a prominent position in the history of Britain’s aviation industry, for young men hoping to join the Royal Air Force during the 1960s and 70s, the English Electric Lightning must have offered the most exhilarating experience anyone could hope to have.
On joining a Lightning unit, students would usually be given a ‘taster flight’ with their instructor, something which would whet their aviation appetite still further, showing them what was available to them if they knuckled down and did the work. This would be followed by weeks of Ground School and time on the Lightning simulator, where they were brought up to speed on what was required if they were to become Lightning pilots – you had to think fast when travelling at these speeds.
Once posted to an operational squadron, they knew they were considered an elite pilot, flying an aircraft most people could only dream of spending time in, and for them, no other aircraft would ever come close to matching the sheer adrenalin rush of the Lightning.
Lightning XR726 was constructed as an F.6 variant during late 1964, making her first flight in June the following year. Spending much of her RAF career with No.5 Squadron, she wore the majority of the different camouflage finish variations worn by Lightnings during their service lives, including this particularly striking one in natural metal.
 
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