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The book, Aircraft Special Illustrated - Lighting, reviews the operational history of the only purely British designed and built supersonic Mach 2 jet fighter ever produced in large numbers. In many aviation circles it is referred to as the greatest British Fighter since the venerable Spitfire. This book is organized into the following chapters: 1) Introduction; 2) Origin & Development; 3) Lightning Data; 4) Lightning Flying; 5) RAF Lightning Units & Markings; 6) Last To Fly The Lightnings; 7) Assessing The Legend and 8) Individual Aircraft Histories. Included in this book are the following: 1) 6 full color aircraft profiles; 2) 14 color photographs; 3) Approximately 65 vintage black and white photographs; 4) 12 line drawings and 5) A Lightning variants comparison table. This book is 90 pages and is in excellent condition. The author is Roger Lindsay. Edition published in 1989.