Scottish Aviation Bulldog
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| Type: | Trainer aircraft |
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May 19, 1969 |
| Number of pieces: |
320 |
The Scottish Aviation Bulldog is a two- to three-seat trainer aircraft developed by Beagle Aircraft and built by Scottish Aviation .
history
The Bulldog made its maiden flight on May 19, 1969 . The prototype was still called Beagle B.125 Bulldog . The first customer was the Swedish armed forces with 78 orders. The collapse of Beagle Aircraft initially prevented delivery. Scottish Aviation then took over the order and produced the aircraft in its own main plant in Prestwick . A total of 320 copies were built, most of them for the Royal Air Force .
construction
The Bulldog, which was developed on the basis of the Beagle Pup , is a training aircraft in which student pilots and instructors can sit next to each other. It is constructed in all-metal construction and designed as a low-wing aircraft. The aircraft has a rigid tripod landing gear and is powered by a Lycoming 360A1B6 boxer engine.
use
The first 58 aircraft were delivered to the Swedish Air Force as the SK 61A and SK 61B in 1971 . 20 other models went to the Swedish army in 1972 as the FPL 61C . These aircraft were given to the Air Force in 1989 as the SK 61C . After their retirement in 2001, some of the aircraft were sold to Hungary.
The largest customer was the Royal Air Force , which put over 130 Bulldog T1 into service in 1972 . In 2001 the last remaining machines were sold.
Military users
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Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2–3 (a student pilot, a flight instructor, optionally an observer) |
| length | 7.08 m |
| span | 10.11 m |
| height | 2.73 m |
| Wing area | 12.0 m² |
| Empty mass | 649 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 1066 kg |
| Top speed | 240 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 5182 m |
| Engines | a Lycoming IO-360 -A1B6 boxer engine with 149 kW |
Armament
A maximum of 290 kg of ordnance at four external load stations :
- 4 × Rb 53 Bofors BANTAM (wire-guided anti - tank guided missile )
- 2 × Abel launch containers for 7 M75 rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 75 mm)
- 2 × TBA RL 181 launch container for 18 SNEB rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 37 mm)
- 2 × TBA 68-7 launch container for 7 SNEB rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 68 mm)
- 2 × LM-37/7 Skyfire launch container 7 SBAT-37 missiles (unguided missile in caliber 37 mm)
- 2 × HL-14-50 launch container for 14 ARF / 8M2 rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 51 mm)
- 2 × Type 06.070 launch container for 18 INTA S-9 rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 37 mm)
- 16 × SURA rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 81 mm)
- 2 × containers for two 7.62 mm machine guns each
