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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1222.PDF
310 FLIGHT,30 August 1957 GLOSTER AIRCRAFT CO., LTD. Gloucester, Glos. Telephone: Gloucester 67011 Javelin (Fighter) The newest mark of Javelin two-seater all-weather fighter in produc- tion for the Royal Air Force is the FAW.7. A machine of this mark will be flown in the S.B.A.C. Display this year with four de Havilland Firestreak guided missiles on its under- wing pylons. Additionally the FAW.7 carries the four 30 mm Aden guns which formed the sole armament of its predecessors. A great amount of search radar and electronic navigational equipment is carried, but notwithstanding its bulk and weight the Javelin has an excellent performance—strictly comparable with that of the Hunter single-seater—and attains a very high standard of manoeuvrability. It is popular with its crews and it has been officially stated to be capable of dealing with the bombers of any potential enemy. Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojets are standardized. The FAW.7 to be demonstrated at Farnborough will be a production machine with the lengthened fuselage as incorporated in the development aircraft shown in the photograph above. This extension has been added principally for aerodynamic reasons, but it might also accommodate a simplified form of reheat. Note also that the aircraft depicted is carrying two external fuel tanks. Javelin (Trainer) Introduced at last year's S.B.A.C. Display was the Javelin T.3, the prototype of which was developed by Air Service Training, Ltd., from a fighter airframe of early mark. This version will again be represented this year, and the type is scheduled to enter R.A.F. service to provide specialized training for the pilots of the Javelin fighter squadrons now being re-equipped. In the T.3 both cockpit canopies are considerably higher, and the ejector seat for the instructor (at the rear) is raised several inches above that of the pupil. Moreover, the rear seat is positioned further forward than that of the radar observer in the Javelin fighter, and the whole nose has therefore been lengthened. The radome is now much shorter and contains only a radar-ranging unit. A fitting of particular interest is the periscope for the instructor, which has sighting lenses mounted in the leading edge of streamlined projections attached some way below the cockpit coaming. PowerplantTwo Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Span 52ftLength 56ft 4in Photograph above shows FAW.7 development aircraft. Drawing below is of FAW.4. Left, Javelin T.3.
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