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Old 04-02-2008, 11:46 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by glyn View Post
The Concorde posed enormous difficulties for any interceptor at the time. The Lightning was not overburdened with fuel and in full reheat the second fastest thing was the speed of the fuel contents guage!
Glyn, I was thinking about that whilst typing!
They say that Lightning pilots had their eyes glued to the fuel gauges and little else!
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