“闪电”是英国航空工业自行设计并制造过的唯一一种二倍音速飞行的双发单座喷气战斗机。在后来与美军的联合演习中,竟多次成功地“拦截”在高空飞行的U-2侦察机,为此赢得了军方的青睐。该机最先是由英国电气公司以纯粹的超音速研究机开始设计研制的,后来又以P-1的代号转为实用型超音速战斗机投入进一步的开发。1952年12月,装第一种后掠机翼方案的试验原型机实现首飞。 “Lightning ” is the only dual-speed single-seat jet fighter jet that has been designed and built by the British aviation industry. In the subsequent joint exercises with the U.S. forces, the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft that successfully “intercepted” at high altitudes many times successfully won the military favor. The aircraft was first designed and developed by a British electric company as a pure supersonic research machine and later developed into a practical supersonic fighter with the P-1 codename. December 1952, equipped with the first prototype of the swept back wing pilot prototype flight.