AIRCRAFT # 7.

PERCIVAL P.40 PRENTICE UR249 ( G-APIY )

Basic trainer/communications aircraft. Aircrew - 5. Max speed - 167mph. Range - 396 miles. Service ceiling - 13,000ft. Loaded weight - 4,350lbs. Span - 46ft - 2inch. Length - 31ft 6 1/2inch. Height - 12ft 5 1/2inch. Armament - none. Power plant - DE Havilland Gipsy 30 MK.2 rated at 250hp.

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ARMSTRONG - WHITWORTH SEA HAWK FB.3 WM913.

Shipboard strike fighter. Aircrew -one. Max speed - 599mph. Range - 778 miles. Service ceiling - 44,500ft. Loaded weight - 16,200lbs. Span - 39ft. Length - 39ft 8inch. Height - 8ft 8inch. Armament - four 20mm Hispano cannon, two 227kg ( 500lbs ) bombs. Power plant - one Rolls Royce Nene 101 rated at 5,000lbs static thrust.

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SARO SKEETER AOP.12 XL764.

Trainer/air observation helicopter. Aircrew - two. Max speed - 101mph. Range - 213 miles. Service ceiling - 5,500ft. Loaded weight - 2,200lbs. Rotor Dia - 32ft. Length - 26ft 6inch. Height - 7ft 6inch. Armament - none. Power plant - one DE Havilland Gipsy Major engine rated at 200hp.

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HAWKER SIDDELEY KESTREL F (GA ).1

The Kestrel was a developed version of the private venture Hawker P.1127 Vertical and / or short take off and landing ( V/STOL ) aircraft. The Kestrel`s Bristol - Siddeley Pegasus Turbofan, Vectored through rotating jet nozzles, enabled it to take off vertically, hover and to fly ( slowly ) backwards and sideways.

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MESSERSCHMITT ME410A - 1/U2 HORNISSE.

The last in a series of twin engine destroyers manufactured by Messerschmitt. The ME410 was used by the Luftwaffe in a variety of roles. Although designed as a fighter, the type was used as a light bomber, photographic reconnaissance and anti - shipping aircraft.

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BOULTON PAUL SEA BALLIOL T21.

The Balliol was developed using the well - tried Merlin Piston engine as an advanced trainer to replace the Harvard.

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AVRO ANSON C.19 VL348 ( G-AVVO ).

Light transport / communications aircraft. Armament - none. Power plant - two Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 15 radial engines, each rated at 420hp. Max speed - 182mph. Range - 820 miles.

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MESSERSCHMITT ME163B - 1A KOMET.

The only rocket propelled interceptor ever to be used operationally. The ME163 Komet was deployed by the Luftwaffe in a desperate attempt to combat the allied strategic bombing offensive during the closing stages of the second world war.

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KAWASAKI KI 100.

One of the best Japanese single seat fighters of world war two. It was nimble, fast fighter which proved very effective in intercepting long - range American B -29 Superfortress bombers and their escorting fighters.

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BAE HARRIER GR.9.

STOVL tactical strike bomber. The Harrier GR.9 was the last of the series of vertical take off and landing aircraft that began with the Hawker P.1127 in 1957. It`s roles were close support and reconnaissance.

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HAWKER HUNTER F-6A.

Single seat ground attack aircraft. Engine - one Rolls Royce Avon 203 single shaft turbojet. Max speed - 710mph. Operational history - Royal Air Force 92, 63, 65 squadrons. OCU 1 tactical weapons unit ( Shadow 234 son ). 

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GLOSTER JAVELIN FAW5 XA699 ( GB ).

RAF all weather fighter. Armament - 4 x 30mm wing cannons, 4 x Firestreak  missiles or 148 x 2inch rockets in 4 packs of 37. Power plant - 2 x A.S. Sapphire 203`s. Max speed - 710mph.

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