Royal Air Force:
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Britannia, rule the skies!
Artwork by TopGun.

Download it here. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/./downloads.php?do=file&id=8230)

...made by TopGun/Fire Fox! :D
Enjoy!

I hate when I make typos... especially in my splashes! :blush:

FYI, I corrected the mistake and also updated the zip file in the downloads section.

Wow, this may be my favorite plane that you guys produced. Top notch!

thanks for this one, TG. it'll go to good use :D i promise!

Excellent :goodjob: :cool:
Super Fast Interceptor/Fighter at MACH 2+ (Twice the speed of sound).
The English Electric Lightning was the first supersonic British fighter. Although designed and built to intercept Soviet Bombers and the general public told at heights of up to 16,000 feet on documents, the true maximum Ceiling heights were kept secret...The Lightning has gained heights of up to 88,000 feet.
The Royal Air Force used it in Germany. The Lightning Used the unusual design of two Rolls Royce Turbojet Engines that were mounted one on top of the other within the fuselage for greater thrust and this restricted room for fuel. The 900 mile range was perhaps the biggest handicap.
The Lightning was armed with two Air to Air Guided Missiles (the Fairey Firestreak missile and later replaced by the Hawker Siddeley Red Top missile) and two 30 mm Cannons.
Another version of The English Electric Lightning was later developed for ground attack and sold to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Nice work :goodjob:

Man, the English do make beautiful aircraft. The Avro Vulcan and Blackburn Buccanear are amongst some of favorites as well.

Never heard of it, but now I'm glad I have! That is a wicked plane, and a wicked wierd engine configuration. Cool.

Man, the English do make beautiful aircraft. The Avro Vulcan and Blackburn Buccanear are amongst some of favorites as well.


Just great Top Gun, and yes the Blackburn Buccaneer is just a great looking attack aircraft.
Did Wyrmshadow or you TopGun ever create the the Avro Vulcan. I believed so but can´t find it.

However it´s still on the drawing board for Civ III I believe, and hope.

So many sexy jets from the 50´s and 60´s from the British islands....

TopGun69, thank you very much for this outstanding unit. :thanx: :clap:
It´s not only a very nice birthday present for El Justo, but also for all civers who enjoy Civ 3. I´m sure, this plane will fly soon in the next testing versions of El Justo´s TCW II. :)

As civinator said, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! It comes in a great moment for me, cause I was "remodding" the English and I realize I need an early jet fighter for Cold War period

Thanks for all these aircraft you've been doing Topgun. :goodjob:

Thnx, I've been waiting for this plane too :)

Thanks everybody, for the warm reception this unit has received. Glad y'all like it! :D

I like this unit. Interesting.

Is that a fuel tank of some sort on top of the wing?

How is it that I've never heard of this plane before? At any rate, this is an awesome unit! Great job TopGun & Fire Fox!

Yes, it is a peculiar British design, with the fuel tanks on top of the wings.

Yes, it is a peculiar British design, with the fuel tanks on top of the wings.

Hopefully not a drop tank. If it would have been possible, that'd be a good way to carry extra munitions (obviously rockets and/or missiles).