lightning-loadout

[+hi ho silver 179]

Hi just adding this pic here so not to hijack lightning loadout ini..as you can see the lightning is capable of ground attack!

 

[Lexx_Luthor 57]

So what source did you lift that from?

 

What nation used that loadout?

 

Most interesting. I'm looking to "saudi" up RAF Lightnings for longer range escort in a mythical campaign.

[+hi ho silver 179]

It came from aircraft archive volume 1 post-war jets 1988

[Lexx_Luthor 57]

Great, you might want to edit your first poast to include that info for others.

 

What nation? I thought Saudis were the only other users, and they did add pylons, if I recall, for ground attack at least. The Swedes fixed the AIM-4 Falcon, and who was it maybe Austria that added pylons to J-35? Lots of neat possibilities.

[+Soulfreak 6,524]

thats very interesting. Wiki says the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning

 

I will update my F6 data.ini today! ;)

[sugarblues 0]

If I recall correctly, the ground attack configuration was unique to the Saudi Lightnings - the RAF always kept them a pure fighter. I could be wrong though...

 

SB

[fallenphoenix1986 603]

Kuwait also used the Lightning, dont know in what configuration although I imagine it would be quite similar to that of the Saudi machines.

 

Craig

[sugarblues 0]

...Wouldn't you know it, this months copy of Scale Aviation Modeler has an article on the Lightning; in it, it confirms that the Kuwaiti Lightnings were a close match to the Saudi configuration. Sadly, it also says that they didn't fare very well in Kuwaiti service, suffering from major serviceability problems, and were retired rather quickly...

 

SB