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Aviation History
1953
1953 - 0892.PDF
Lockheed Neptune: The famous Neptune P2V-5 0fthe U.S. Navy Bristol Freighter: The Mk 31 aircraft above serves the serves Coastal Command under the designation Neptune M.R. 1 R.N.Z. A.F. With two Bristol Hercules engines, it has a gross weight (above). The engines are two Wright Turbo-Cyclones, the span of 42,000 lb and a top speed of 230 m.p.h. The span is 108ft. 100ft, the gross weight 58,000 lb, and the top speed nearly 290 m.p.h. de Havilland Vampire (single-seater): Visually there is Handley Page Hastings: The Hastings is used by little to distinguish the Vampire F.B.5 (above) and F.B.9 both Transport and Coastal Commands. The C.i and fighter/bombers, but the F.B.9 has been developed for tropical C.2 versions are transports, while the Met. 1 (above) operation. In each case the turbojet is a de Havilland Goblin. is a long-range meteorological reconnaissance aircraft. de Havilland Vampire (two-seaters): Versions of the de Havilland Venom: The Venom F.B.i fighter/bomber (above) is Vampire with side-by-side seating are serving for training a development of the Vampire with the more powerful de Havilland and for night fighting. The trainer is designated Vampire Ghost turbojet and having a new, thin, wing with leading-edge sweep- T.n and the night fighter (illustrated above) is the N.F.10. back and span of 41ft 9in. The maximum speed is about 600 m.p.h. Gloster Meteor (single-seaters): Numerically predominant Gloster Meteor (two-seaters): Two varieties of two- in Fighter Command is the Gloster Meteor F.8 single-seat inter- seaterMeteor are in service—the T.7 trainer and the N.F.n cepter fighter (below), powered with two Rolls-Royce Derwents. night fighter, developed by Armstrong Whitworth (below).
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