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u/Lampwick ยท 12 pointsr/WeirdWings

> Lightning

Amazing plane. The only plane to successfully intercept and SR-71 and a U-2. Short legs, but so much power.

>the government lost its mind and decided to kill British industry.

Indeed. It was heartbreaking reading Empire of the Clouds. So much promise, all thrown away. The Vulcan? British coworker of mine was at an airshow where they were flying that last privately operated Vulcan and a friend of his asked "wow since when has the RAF had that stealth bomber looking plane?" Had to tell him the bad news, that not only was it 50 years old, but it was long gone from service...