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English Electric Lightning
The US Air Force has announced that the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be named Lightning II, after the P-38 Lightning of WWII fame. Surely Lightning III would have been more appropriate, given that NATO already had another Lightning in the form of the English Electric Lightning.
In my opinion the F-35 may have the technological edge on anything in the skies but to British aviation fans like myself this aircraft will not have the character of the classic English Electric Lightning.
See more photographs of the last flying Lightnings here.
Misty Waves
A 30 second exposure taken in bright sunshine by means of a B+W ND110 3.0 filter that reduces incoming light by 10 stops.
Posted in Photos
Out of the Dark Ages
My days of dial-up Internet connections are over. Since yesterday evening I have had a working ADSL connection. At 192Kb up and 64Kb down it may not be high-bandwidth but it is a lot faster then the dial-up connections I used previously.
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