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Old 9th Nov 2002, 16:00
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"the Lightning's performance was totally outstanding when introduced into service, and when it finally bowed out, it could still out-climb most of its successors. Its initial rate of climb was 50,000 ft per minute. The Mirage IIIE climbed initially at 30,000 ft per minute; the Phantom F-4M managed 32,000 ft per minute; the MiG-21 could only manage 36,090 ft per minute; the F-16A's initial rate was 40,000 ft per minute, and the Tornado F.3's 43,000 ft per minute. So the Lightning reigned supreme. Only later was it surpassed; the F-15 Eagle, and the MiG-25 both have initial climb rates as good or better. The Lightning's time to FL 360 in re-heat was 2.5 minutes, in this respect the Eagle produced a similar figure, though this could vary depending upon its configuration".

The (F15) Streak Eagle set a time to climb record to 30,000m in 1975 of 207.8 seconds. This record is presently held by the E-266 at 190 seconds.

All the records for time to height below 12,000m are held by the Sukhoi P-42, a stripped version of the SU-27 Flanker.



The speed over a closed circuit of 100km without payload is held by the E-155R1/E-266 at 2605.10 km/h.



The speed over a closed circuit of 1000km is held by the SR-71 at 3367.22 km/h. (Obviously needs a long run up to accelerate!)

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