AIRCRAFT #3.

 

DASSAULT MYSTERE IVA no 83.

INTERCEPTOR FIGHTER.

Built by Dassault in the mid 1950`s entered service with 8 escardre. Crew of one, max speed 695mph, range 570 miles, service ceiling 45,000feet. The aircraft is powered by a Hispano-Suiza Tay turbojet rated at 6,250lbs static thrust, this being a Rolls Royce design built under licence. It is armed with two 30mm cannon and can be fitted with four underwing pylons for up to 2000lbs of bombs.

 

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NORTH AMERICAN F.100D SUPER SABRE 54-2223.

TACTICAL FIGHTER BOMBER.

Left the factory on the 28th June 1956, entered service with Armee De L' Air in 1958. Crew of one, max speed 864mph, range 1,500 miles, service ceiling 55,000feet. The aircraft is powered by a Pratt and Whitney J67 P -21 -A turbojet with a thrust rating of 16,950lbs. It was armed with four 20mm cannon and could carry 7,500lbs of bombs.

 

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SAAB 91B SAFIR 56321 ( G-BK PY )

PRIMARY TRAINER.

Aircrew of three, max speed 165mph, range 660 miles, service ceiling 16,400feet, loaded weight 2,680lbs, span 34feet 9inches, length 25feet 11inches, height 7feet 3inches, armament none, power plant Lycoming 0-435-A engine rated at 190hp.

 

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DE HAVILLAND DH.82A TIGER MOTH G-MAZY ( DE156 )

BASIC TRAINER.

Aircrew of two, max speed 109mph, range 300miles, service ceiling 13,600feet, loaded weight 1,825lbs, span 29feet 4inches, length 23feet 11inches, height 8feet 9 1/2inches, armament none, power plant D.H.Gipsy Major rated at 130hp.

 

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DE HAVILLAND CHIPMUNK T.10   WB624.

PRIMARY TRAINER.

Aircrew of two, max speed 138mph, range 300miles, service ceiling 16,000feet, loaded weight 2,000lbs, span 34feet 4inches, length 25feet 8inches, height 7feet 1inch, armament none, power plant one De Havilland Gipsy Major MK8 in-line engine.

 

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VOLMER  VJ - 24W  G-MBBZ.

This microlight aircraft was built by David G. Cook and flown by him between 1980 and 1992. It was serial number 007 and is fitted with a Yamaha 97cc, 9hp engine. Maximum speed was 52mph and it would cruise at 40mph.

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BENSON B - 8M GYROCOPTER G - ASNY.

Built by Campbell Aircraft Ltd and originally supplied in kit form. Powered by a Mc Culloch four cylinder horizontally opposed engine rated at 72hp. Max speed 95mph, cruise 65mph, rate of climb 1100feet/min, max height 15,000feet.

 

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AVRO SHACKLETON MK3 PHASE 3 WR977.

LONG RANGE MARITIME RECONNAISSANCE/BOMBER.

Built at Woodford in 1957, entered service in 1958 with 220 squadron, carried a crew of ten, max spped 302mph, range 3,660 miles, service ceiling 19,200feet. The aircraft is powered by four Rolls Royce Griffon 58 engines each rated at 2,450hp plus two Viper auxiliary turbojets. It can carry three homing torpedoes, nine depth charges and 12 sonobuoys. It was also fitted with 2 x 20mm cannon in the aircrafts nose.

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TAYLOR   JT.1 MONOPLANE.

Weight empty 400lbs, max take off weight 610lbs, max speed 104mph, cruise speed 92mph, stalling speed flaps up 40mph, stalling speed flaps down 34mph, rate of climb at sea level 950feet/min, range 230miles. The aircraft pictured here is the prototype JT.1 Monoplane built by the designer John Taylor. He designed it in 1956 with a cost limitation of £100 and it was to be built in his lounge at home which restricted the length to no more than 16 feet. It was completed in 1959 and made its first flight on the 4th July of that year. Originally it was powered by a 38hp Jap Twin - cylinder engine, this was replaced in 1964 with a 45hp 1600cc Ardem 4C02 unit ( converted VW car engine ).

 

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WARD GNOME.

This aircraft was designed by Mike Ward of north Scarle and made its first flight from Wigsley airfield on the 4th August 1967. It was the smallest registered aircraft in the United Kingdom and was powered by a modified Douglas Motorcycle engine rated at 14hp.

 

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OLD SIGNS.

Some people will not like this, some people will. I myself was undecided to publish these old signs. But I thought why not, after all they are part of our past history, as a lot of these signs you no longer see. The signs are self explanatory , so enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AIRCRAFT #2.

 

LINK TRAINER type D.2.

 





Built in 1942 by Link Aviation Devices of New York, it was the original flight simulator which enabled pilots to practice instrument flying without leaving the ground. It was designed by Edwin Link who worked in a mechanical piano factory and used many of the same principles with vacuum operated bellows and electric motors to operate the unit. The instruments are duplicated on the desk which has a mechanical crab following the route taken by the pilot.

 

 

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JAGUAR T.2A  XX829.

 

Two seat operational conversion trainer with secondary strike & ground attack capability.

Developed as a joint project between Britain and France xx829 flew for the first time on the 28th November 1974 and entered service with 54 (F) squadron on the 23rd December at RAF Coltishall. Later it flew with 6 squadron and finally back to 54 squadron. The aircraft is powered by two rolls Royce turbomeca adour mk104 turbofans, each rated at 5,320lbs thrust, or 8,040lbs afterburning thrust. The aircraft was fitted with one 30mm Aden cannon plus five external hardpoints for a total load of 10,000lb including a tactical nuclear weapon, bombs, rocket pods, air to air surface missiles and other weapons.

 

 

 

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BRITISH AEROSPACE SEA HARRIER F/A.2 ZA176.

 

Single seat multi role day/night all weather aircraft.

Aircrew:- one, Max speed- (high level) - mach 1.25, (low level) 736mph. Range - 576 miles, Service ceiling - 51,000ft, Loaded weight - 26,200lbs, Span - 27ft-3inches, Length - 47ft-4inch, Height - 12ft-2inch. Armament - Amraam and sidewinder air to air missiles, Sea eagle or alarm missiles. 2x30mm cannons, 540lbs or 1,000lb bombs. Self defence chaff and flares. Power Plant - one rolls Royce Pegasus 11 mk 106 engine, rated at 9,760 kgp (21,000lbs) static thrust.

 

 

 

 

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AVRO VULCAN B.2  XM594.

 

Long range medium bomber.

 

First flight from Woodford in 1963, entered service with 27 squadron in 1963. Carried a crew of five. Max speed- 645mph, Range - 4,750 miles, Service ceiling - 65,000ft. This aircraft is powered by four Bristol Siddeley Olympus 301 turbojets each rated at 20,000lbs static thrust. The aircraft could carry 21x1,000lb bombs or one Blue Steel Nuclear stand off bomb.

 

 

 

 

 

Vulcans wheel bay.

 

 

Vulcans bomb bay.

 

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LOCKHEED HERCULES C.3.  (Tactical Transport).

 

The Lockheed c-130 Hercules was designed as a troop and freight carrying aircraft capable of operating from unprepared surfaces, because it was designed from the outset as a military cargo aircraft. The C-130 featured a rear ramp for ease of loading. At the time this was an innovation. The rear ramp also allows the air - dropping of supplies. The first prototype flew in 1954 and deliveries of the aircraft to the United States Air Force began in 1956. The RAF ordered sixty six Hercules and the first of these was delivered in 1966. More than 2300 Hercules have been built and there are more than forty variants of the type. The Hercules is used by more than 60 countries and has been in service with its original operator, the USAF,for more than 50 years. Type - medium range tactical transport, in service - 1967 - 2011, Engines-four 4,900hp Allison T-56 turboprops, Max speed - 375mph, Max altitude - 33,000ft, Airframe - all metal stressed skin, wingspan-133ft, Length - 113ft-6inches, Max loaded weight - 99,000lbs, Empty weight - 75,600lbs, Capacity - 128 passengers/96 stretchers, 64 paratroops, 8 pallets, 5 land rovers or an armoured personnel carrier.

 

 

 

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SIKORSKY MH-53 PAVE LOW.

 

Long range combat search and rescue helicopter.

 

Built as a Sikorsky S - 65/HH-53C -S1, This HH-53C helicopter ( officially known as the Stallion) was nicknamed the super jolly green giant. Primarily employed as a long range combat search and rescue helicopter, it was also used for covert operations - including special forces insertion and extraction. It was one of nine MH-53Hs converted to MH-53J Pave Low III. enhanced standard; providing uprated engines, more armour, forward looking infrared, a global positioning system, doppier navigation systems, terrain following and terrain avoidance radar, on board computer and integrated avionics. Pave refers to the all weather sensor system, precision avionics vectoring equipment. This particular aircraft was withdrawn from service in Iraq in September 2008.

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COVENTRY ( revisited ).

I have covered Coventry in a previous blog but has I was sorting through the huge amount of photographs I have accumulated over the years, I came across a few more about Coventry, so here they are.

COOK STREET GATE.

 

Completed circa 1385 as part of the medieval town hall, which was demolished in 1662 by order of Charles II. Only two town gates have  survived from the original twelve, this is the only functional gate. Presented to the city by Col.W.F.Wyley in 1913 and restored in 1918. The building is now a scheduled ancient monument.

 

 

 

View of the gate from the other side.

 

 

In the centre of the wooden arch beams.

 

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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

 

This is a 14th century church.

 

 

 

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ST MICHAEL`S THE OLD CATHEDRAL.

 

Some more photos of the ruined St Michaels which I had not added to the last blog I did on Coventry.

 

 

St Michael's tower, the only part that is not in ruins from the bombing of Coventry in world war two.

 

 

 

 

 

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MEDIEVAL SPON STREET.

 

Spon street is an historic street in central Coventry, in the west midlands of England.. The street was once part of a route that ran from Gosford, in Oxfordshire to Birmingham - a route which remained intact until the 1960`s. With the construction of Coventry`s inner ring road, built to relieve traffic on the narrow city centre streets, Spon street was cut in half and the route severed. These photos are some of the medieval buildings on this street. They are used by a variety of shops and a public house (pub). Some of these buildings are not original to the street, but have been rebuilt there after being saved from demolition in other streets and a preservation order is in place to ensure their survival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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