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1950
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FLIGHT, 26 January 1950 99 JET FIGHTERS AND FIGHTER-BOMBERS Ceaatry •» Origin and DttignatiM - 6REAT BRITAIN de Havilland Vampire 6 •de Havilland Sea Vam- pire 20 de Havilland 113 Night rljntCr ^-seucr; de Havilland Venom 1 Gloster Meteor 4 Gloster Meteor 8 •Hawker N.7/46 Hawker P. 1052 Siunders-Roe S.R./AI (flying boat) •Vickers- Supermarine Attacker 1 Vickers - Supermarine 510 •Chance Vought XF 6U-I Pirate •Chance Vought XF 7U-I CutlassConsolidated Vultee XF-92A •Douglas F3D-I Sky- knight (2-seater) •Grumman F9F-2 Panther Lockheed F-80C Lockheed XF-90 Lockheed F-94 (2- seater)McDonnell XF-85 (air- launched) McDonnell XF-88 •McDonnell F2H-I Banshee North American F-86A Sabre •North American FJ-I FuryNorthrop F-89 Scor- pion (two-seater) Republic F-84E Thun-derjet Republic XF-91 FRANCE Marcel Dassault M.D.- Sud-Ouest S.O.6020 Espadon SWEDEN Saab J-29 Contraction* Saaa ft in 38 0 38 0 38 0 41 9 37 2 37 2 36 6 36 6 46 0 36 II 38 8 32 10 31 0 50 0 41 2 38 10 40 0 38 10 21 0 39 8 41 7 37 1 38 1 55 0 37 5 30 0 37 2 34 9 NA flreM Weight Ib 12.350 12.660 NA NA 15,175 NA NA NA 16,255 14,055 NA 9.200 22,000 B.000 11,000 15,336 26,000 NA 5.200 15,000 14.000 13,715 12,700 over I2>OO over 15,000 12,300 17.637 NA : I.R.C=Initial ~:..' ' ' hw UaK(t) de Havilland Goblin 3 dc Havilland Goblin 2 de Havilland Goblin 4 de Havilland Ghost 2 Roib-Royce Derwent 2 Rolls-Royce Derwent Rolls-Royce Nene 4 Rolls-Royce Nene 2 Metropolitan-Vickers B«ryl Rolls-Royce Nene 3 Rolls-Royce Nene Westinghouse J-34 (with afterburning) 2 Westinghouse J-34 (with afterburning) Allison J-33 (witn afterburning) 2 Westinghouse J-34 Pratt and Whitney J-42 (Nene) (liquid injection) Allison J-33 (liquid injection) 2 Westinghouse J-34 (with afterburning) Allison J-33 (with afterburning)Westinghouse J-34 2 Westinghouse J-34 (with afterburning) 2 Westinghouse J-34 General Electric J-47A (liquid injection) General Electric J-35A General Electric J-35 Allison J-35A General Electric J-47 (and liquid rocket) Hispano-Suiza Nsne Hispano <Suira Nctnc de Havilland Ghost — rate of climb ; I.S.—In se £ | ^ " Ib 3300 3.000 3,550 5,000 7,000 7,000 5,000 5,000 7.700 5.000 5.000 3.000 6.000 4.600 6,000 5,000 4.600 6.000 4,600 3,000 6.000 6,000 5.000 4.000 8.000 4,000 5.000 5,000 5,000 5,000 rvice ; Max. Baa* m.p.h. 548 526 well over 500NA 585 NA 600 approx. over 650 over 500 585 over 650 over 500 over 650 see note over500 600 approx. 581 over 650 NA 600 approx. over 650 630 over 670 555 over 550 600approx. over 650 595 over 600 650 approx. Ota. Ta la ft min 40,000 14.5 40.000 17 NA NA 30.000 6.4 NA NA NA I.R.C. over 4,000ft/min 30,000 7.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA 25.000 7 NA NA NA NA I.R.C. 9,000ft/min 40,000 10-11 I.R.C. 5,100ft/min NA NA NA 26050 5 33,000 10 NA Santa CtHiac ft 48,500 42,000 NA NA 44,500 NA NA NA NA 45,000 NA NA NA NA over 40,000 NA 44,100 NA NA NA NA 48,000 over 40,000 44,000 NA over 40.000 NA N.A. NA NA Armameirt GOBI Bombs ILPj CaL (atteraatiM tea* mm Ib lb 4x20 2x1.000 8x60 4x20 4x20 4 x 20 Provision for" DomM ana tv.r.s 4x20 2x1,000 8x90 4x20 Provision for bombs and R.P.J NA NA 4x20 2x1,000 8x60 4x20 2x1,000 4x300 NA 4xO.Sin 4x20 No armament fitted 4x20 Provision for bombs and R.P.J 4xO.6in Provision for bombs and R.PJ 6x05in2xl,0008x5in 4 x 20 Provision for bombs and R.P.s 4x20 4xOJin 6 x 20 Provision for bombs and R.P.s 4x20 or Provision for 4 x 0.6in. bombs and R.Pj 6xO.5in 16 x Sin 6x03in . 4x20 6x0.5in2xl.00032x5in (possible) 2x20 Nil Nil 4x20 6x20 4x20 Ruaarkt • Export version of Vampire 5. Has been tested (u/c raised) on flexible deck. Staggered seats. -Radar Tip tanks do not prejudice projectile load. Avon - Meteor reaches40,000ft in just over 4 min. Meteor 4 development;longer fuselage, new tail. Width folded, 13ft 4in Wing area. 256 sq ft World's fastest flying boat. Naval and land variants. Suitable for afterburn ing Expt. swept-wing develop- ment of Attacker. " Metalite " skin. Swept-wing, tailless. Delta-wing, designed for nign sumonic speeos. Range 1,400 miles approx.Side-by-side seacs. Radar. Camber of leading edge variable and inter-con- nected with flaps. " Combat endurance " 3.2 hr. Supersonic speed reported but unconfirmed Tandem seats. Hughes light-weight radar.Designed for launching from, and retrieving by, B-36 bomber. " Penetration " fighter, competitive with Lock- heed XF-90. Has climbed to 52,000ft. "Tactical radius" over 500 miles. F-86D is specialized interceptedMax. range over 1,500 miles.Tandem seats. Radar. Range 1,100 miles approx. Development, with flush intakes, may have radar. Inverse-tapered variable- incidence wing. Range with all tanks, over 1,100 miles. Max. duration 1 J> hr. Undercarriage retracts into fuselage. I.P.=ln production ; P—Prototype ; E=Experimental (production not foreseen) ; N. A. = Information not available *— Naval deck-landing aircraft. 8 I I.S. I.S. p. p.- I.S. I.P. p. p. p. I.P. p. p. p. E. P. I.S. I.S. p. I.P. E. P. I.S. I.S. I.S. I.P. I.S. P. I.P. p. I.P. of specialized design, many of them display some pre- eminent quality which prescribes their primary tactical role. Thus, the fast-climbing Meteor is first and foremost an intercepter; the docile, lightly-loaded Vampire a high- altitude fighter (though equally effective in ground level attacks); and the exceptionally fast, but heavily loaded. Sabre is particularly suitable, in its present form, as a "chaser" or "pursuit" machine. Naval deck-landing fighters, of which the Hawker , Sea Hawk, Grumman Panther-and McDonnell Banshee are typical, are generally 'all-rounders", though endurance is accentuated in their technical make-up. As a class they differ relatively little from land-based fighters, but they are subject to special requirements, and due attention will be paid to them. Irrespective of its particular application—whether its adversaries be piston-engined heavy bombers, high-altitude ultra-fast jet bombers, short-range or long-range jet fighters —a fighter must possess a high maximum speed, in order to overhaul the enemy or otherwise to position itself advan- tageously for the attack. Superior speed enables the fighter pilot to choose the moment of joining combat and of dis- engaging himself at will, and a high limiting Mach number, in which freedom from compressibility is implicit, is con- ducive to accurate shooting and to the pilot's peace of mind. Over-target heights of 35-45,oooft already being attainable by jet bombers, it follows that defensive fighters
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