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10x16 pencil drawing of an English Electric Lightning.
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Mood: Joy *Midway2009 Mar 9, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Beautiful picture
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:iconlyle462:
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.:)
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:iconmidway2009:
*Midway2009 Mar 10, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
your welcome
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11 Squadron by the way - later on they got camouflaged - this was mid 70s probably at RAF Binbrook, which was just down the road from me and I do remember them thundering around.

Colours were more-or-less like this: [link]
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:iconlyle462:
Nice work Bill! She's was a proud ole gal for sure.
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:iconws-clave:
Power!!

That's 2 x 16,000lb thrust Rolls Royce engines right there.

Off the chocks, there were few planes that could get up faster (20,000ft/min)

A good piece of history for us, and Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia oddly enough. The Kuwaiti ones were sold as ground attack aircraft if you can believe it - a Mach 2 fighter with funderwing and overwing rocket pods plus cannons... it was mental stuff - here is a picture that has always fascinated me: [link]
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:iconlyle462:
Wow! That's a nice assortment of choices for a little urban removal.hehe
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:iconws-clave:
*underwing not funderwing lol
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:iconmanamanah:
excellent drawing, brings back memories of my childhood as i lives close to where they took off from.
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:iconlyle462:
That's neat! I've never seen one in person.
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