Supermarine Attacker
Supermarine Attacker | |
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Type: | Fighter plane |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
July 27, 1946 |
Commissioning: |
August 1951 |
Number of pieces: |
182 + 3 |
The Supermarine Attacker was the Royal Navy's first jet fighter .
History and construction
The design is based on the Vickers-Supermarine E.10 / 44 Strahl-Spiteful , which was originally a land-based fighter, but has been replaced by the competing Gloster Meteor and de Havilland DH.100 Vampire . The result was an airborne fighter that flew for the first time on June 17, 1947. The jet engine is located in the fuselage, the air inlet openings are next to the cockpit . The wings are slightly swept, as is the horizontal stabilizer. The rudder unit has a stronger sweep. The machine went into service with the Royal Navy under the name Vickers-Supermarine Attacker F.Mk.1 . A total of 60 machines were sold, and another 36 went to the Pakistani Air Force in 1952/53 .
Military use
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 1 |
length | 11.43 m |
span | 11.25 m |
height | 3.02 m |
Wing area | 21 m² |
Empty mass | 3826 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 5539 kg |
Top speed | 949 km / h |
Service ceiling | 13,715 m |
Range | 1915 km |
Engines | 1 × Rolls-Royce Nene jet engine with 2313 kp thrust |
Armament | 4 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons in the wings |
See also
literature
- Andrews, CF and EB Morgan: Supermarine Aircraft since 1914 . London: Putnam, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-800-3 .
- Bingham, Victor: Supermarine Fighter Aircraft . Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN 1-86126-649-9 .
- Birtles, Philip: Supermarine Attacker, Swift and Scimitar (Postwar Military Aircraft 7) . London: Ian Allan, 1992. ISBN 0-7110-2034-5 .
- Buttler, Tony: "Database: Supermarine Attacker". Airplane . Vol. 38, no. 8, Issue 448, August 2010, pp. 54-71. London: IPC.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft