Electric P1B "Lightning" Jagdflugzeug The aircraft had non-swept wings

The aircraft had non-swept wings that could be folded for use on aircraft carriers and a landing hook for deck landings

Many of its variants can be seen today as replicas or in museums

the Blue Angels switched to the larger and more powerful F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

2 x 25 kN without afterburner

including Japan

Electric P1B "Lightning" Jagdflugzeug The aircraft had non-swept wingsThe Electric P1B was developed by English Electric in the 1950s . Designed as an interceptor , the Lightning was known for its extremely slim fuselage shape , the strongly swept wings and, above all, the stacked engines and achieved excellent performance at the time. With afterburner, the Lightning reached speeds of over Mach 2 . The Lightning was mainly used in Great Britain and was only exported to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . It is also noteworthy