AIRCRAFT # 12.

 

 

 

 

 

Inside the cabin area.

 

 

Model of the plane.

 

CONCORDE.

 

British aircraft corporation/Aerospatiale Concorde 101.

 

The worlds only successful supersonic passenger aeroplane. Developed and built jointly by Britain and France. Concorde could cross the Atlantic in half the time of a Boeing 747, but with a quarter of the passengers.

 

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CHANCE VOUGHT F4U ( FG-1D ) CORSAIR.

 

 

American Naval Fighter, the best carrier borne fighter of the second world war. Crew - one. Construction - all metal stressed skin with fabric covered control surfaces. Engine - one 2300hp Pratt and Whitney R- 2800 - 32W Radial engine. Armament - four wing mounted 20mm cannon, two 1000lb bombs. Max speed - 470mph. Service ceiling - 41,400feet. Range - 1,120 miles.

 

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK XIV.

 

Fastest wartime version of the legendary British second world war fighter. One of the RAF`s first monoplane fighters, the supermarine spitfire, began entering service in 1938. It used the new Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The superbly aerodynamic shape of the Spitfire required precision manufacturing techniques, which were new in mass production. This led to delays, but the aircraft, when it was produced, could match the previously invincible Messerschmitt BF 109.

 

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GRUMMAN F8F BEARCAT.

 

American single seat fighter in service with the United States Navy 1946 - 48. Construction - all metal stressed skin with fabric covered control surfaces. Engine- one 2,100hp Pratt and Whitney double Wasp R-2800-34W eighteen cylinder air cooled radial. Armament - four 12.7mm Browning machine guns (F8F-1 ) or four 20mm M-2 cannon (F8F - 1B, F8F - 2 ) and provision for two 1,000lb bombs or four 12.7cm rockets under the wings.

 

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BEECH D - 17S STAGGERWING.

 

A 1930s American Biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger. The Beech model 17 design or staggerwing as it was popularly known, was born during the American great depression of the 1930s, specifically as a premier business executive transport. It first flew in November 1932 and set the standard for private passenger air travel for many years.

 

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HAWKER FURY 1.

 

The first fighter in Royal Air Force service to exceed 322kph ( 200mph ). Well known during the 1930s for displays of precision aerobatics. Crew - one. Construction - all metal structure, fabric covered. Engine - one 525hp Rolls Royce Kestrel IIS 12 cylinder piston engine. Armament - two 303in Vickers machine guns synchronized to fire through propeller.

 

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WESTLAND SEA KING HAS 6.

 

The Sea King was a long range all weather search and strike aircraft, designed to find and destroy enemy submarines, HAS stands for `Helicopter Anti-Submarine`. Sea Kings have been in Royal Navy and Royal Air Force service since 1970.

 

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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS.

 

The B17 Flying Fortress is the aircraft most associated with the American bombing of Germany. It was renowned for carrying crews home, even when severely damaged. Crew - ten. Engine - four 1,200hp Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 air cooled nine cylinder radials with turbochargers. Armament - thirteen 050in machine guns. Average bomb load 1,814 - 2,268kg ( 4,000-5,000lbs ). Maximum bomb load 17,600lbs. Top speed - 300mph at 30,000feet.

 

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LOCKHEED SR-71A BLACKBIRD.

 

This was the highest flying and fastest jet aeroplane. It was a reconnaissance aircraft in USAF service from 1968 to 1997. Crew - two ( pilot and reconnaissance systems officer ). Engines - two 34,000lb thrust Pratt and Whitney J-58 turbojets with afterburners. Wingspan - 55feet 7inches. Length - 107feet 5 inches. Armament - none ( reconnaissance equipment in fuselage bay ). Top speed - 2,193mph. Cruise speed - around Mach 3.2 ( three times the speed of sound ). Service ceiling - 90,000feet. Range - 2,982miles ( Mach 3, without refuelling ).

 

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