The English referred to it as the "Frightening". It was fast and it
climbed like a banshee but it was not especially noted as a turn
and burn fighter. It was an interceptor.

The Lightning, like the Jaguar, is one of the few airplanes
I have ever seen where fuel tanks and missiles were placed
on stations on top of the wing


The Lighting also used an unusual over-under engine config.

FWIW, there is a fellow in Capetown who has 2 Lightnings
along with a Bucaneer and an F-4 that he flies. Also, there
is a group in Mississippi that is restoring a Lightning to flight
status. Nice machine.