Lightning (disambiguation)

Lightning (disambiguation)

Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity.Lightning may also refer to:

Transportation

;Aircraft
* English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era
* P-38 Lightning, an American fighter aircraft of World War II
* XP-58 Chain Lightning, an American prototype fighter aircraft of World War II
* F-35 Lightning II, a US/UK fighter aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

;Other
* "Lightning" (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854
* Lightning (dinghy), a type of 19-foot sailing dinghy first built in 1938 and raced worldwide
* Lightning Car Company, a British company that builds electric sports cars
** Lightning GT, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company
* Ford Lightning, a sports/performance version of the Ford F-150 pickup truck
* Lightning, a Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class steam locomotive from 1847 to 1878

Computing

* Lightning (software), an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client
* GNU lightning, a library for Just-in-time compilation

Media

* "Lightning" (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz
* Lightning (comics), a character in the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comics series
* Lightning Comics, at least two American comics companies
* "Lightning", a song by Counting Crows, one of the "Flying Demos"
* Lightning, a character in the video game "Final Fantasy XIII"

ports

* Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League ice-hockey franchise
* Tel Aviv Lightning, an Israel Baseball League franchise
* Lancashire Lightning, the name for the Lancashire County Cricket Club during one-day matches
* Lightning, the mascot of Middle Tennessee State University

Other uses

* Lightning (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait
* Lightning (wrestler), a professional wrestler, half of the tag team Thunder and Lightning
* Kim Betts (born 1971), an English bodybuilder, known as Lightning on the British television show "Gladiators"
* Thunderbolt, the familiar symbol for lightning
* Lightning Peak, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada

ee also

*Lookfrom|Lightning


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