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1953
1953 - 1154.PDF
Vickers-Supermarine Attach THE Attacker was the first jet fighter to go into large-scale service with the Fleet Air Arm. No. 800 Squadron was equipped in the summer of 1951 and embarked on the carrier H.M.S. Eagle that autumn. Additional squadrons have since been formed and are equipped with the later F.B.2 version, which differs from the F.l in being a fully- equipped fighter/bomber, capable of carrying two 1,000 lb bombs or eight 60 lb rockets, and distinguished by a metal-framed canopy. The Attacker was originally developed from the E.10/44, which used the wing of the piston-engined Spiteful. Naval versions have power-folding wing- tips, carry a 270-gal ventral tank, and have the arrester hook and neces sary range of equipment for Naval operations. A land-based type has been supplied in quantity to the Royal Pakistan Air Force. This is a fighter/bomber type, with metal-framed canopy. All marks are powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene and are fitted with a Martin-Baker ejection seat. BRITISH AIRCRAFT 1953 Power plant Span Length Gross weight Max. speed Rolls-Royce Nene 4 .. 36ft ilin 37ft 6in 11,750 lb .. 583 m.p,h. Westtand Wyveiti ALTHOUGH Wyvern deck-landing strike aircraft are now operat ing with the Fleet Air Arm, few technical data have yet been disclosed. It may be noted that the version in service is designated Wyvern S.4, the prefix "S" (signifying "strike") having supplanted the former symbols "T.F.", denoting torpedo/fighter. The S.4 may be distinguished from its forerunner, the T.F.2 (the T.3 was a prototype two-seater trainer) by a redesigned engine cowling, "spear-tipped" Rotol contra-rotating eight- blade airscrew, a stiffened cockpit canopy, small "fences" on the trailing edge of the wing, modified aileron tabs, horn-balanced rudder and dihedral tailplane—now fitted with two small additional fins. The Wyvern is a massive aircraft but nevertheless has a very high performance for a machine of its class, and even with a typical military load—a tor pedo beneath the fuselage, sixteen rocket projectiles under the wings and four 20mm guns—can be put through all the usual aerobatic manoeuvres. The thin wings have a double fold for carrier stowage.
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