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This is a normal post Awww :-(
My uncle flew Vulcans (too tall for fighters, an ejection would have cleaved his kneecaps off on the cockpit frame), his mate did Lightnings and Phantoms, and then got a secondment to the USAF where he got to learn the F-15. He said the F-4 was a handful but at least if you ended up in a flat spin you could deploy the landing drag chute which pulled you back into line, then automatically snapped off as you throttled away from the situation. With shit in your pants, presumably.
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This is a normal post Lightnings and F-15s are quite similar in terms of performance so I hear
Mike Hale has flown both and makes some interesting comparisons. The Lightning was actually very agile too.

My old chap designed bits of Lightnings, Victors, Buccaneers and stuff. He's got a lot of Lightning related stories.
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This is a normal post Dude!
:-)
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This is a normal post As I understand it
They were pretty matched in agility, speed and time-to-height, but the F15 had far greater endurance and a better payload.
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