Lightning & Javelin - Firestreak trials including two Jindivik shoot downs
Compilation of gun camera film and air-to-air footage in which English Electric Lightning and Gloster Javelin fighter aircraft manoeuvre over the sea before launching air-to-air missiles at remote-controlled target aircraft.
Gun camera film and air-to-air film taken from below and behind a Lightning fighter aircraft shows an air-to-air missile launch. The drone target aircraft is hit and falls. A Javelin fighter aircraft is seen from behind as it launches a missile at a drone target, a Javelin is seen through a fighter’s gunsight and Lightnings launch air-to-air missiles at low level over the sea. A fighter’s radar screen also appears.
Details
| Object number | X002-8188 |
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| Maker name | 1 Guided Weapon Development Squadron (RAF) |
| Production date | 1964-1965 |
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