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30th Jul 2010, 15:23

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And I'd bet that you'd jump at the chance of having another crack at that record, eh Dave?

Excellent account

- I did like the throwaway line:

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I climbed to 50,000ft, which was the subsonic service ceiling of the Lightning and then accelerated to Mach 2...

I've just been watching Test Pilot and all the TP students clearly considered the Lightning to be the best aircraft in the ETPS fleet at the time!

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