Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: WH713 English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 WH713, a former 149 Sqn aircraft, took over test flying of the Bristol Olympus in 1957, following the crash of Canberra WD952.
Самолёты на фотографии: English Electric / BAE Canberra - Великобритания - 1949
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Регистрационный номер: WD952 [4] A signwriter adds another record to the nose of Canberra Mk 2 WD952 at the 1955 SBAC Show, shortly after it beat its own 1953 record on August 29 that year.
Самолёты на фотографии: English Electric / BAE Canberra - Великобритания - 1949
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Регистрационный номер: WD952 [4] Canberra WD952 over the southwest of England, with its enlarged Olympus nacelles plainly in evidence.
Самолёты на фотографии: English Electric / BAE Canberra - Великобритания - 1949
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Регистрационный номер: WD952 [4] The Bristol Aeroplane Company’s assistant chief test pilot, Wg Cdr W.F. Gibb, in the cockpit of Olympus Canberra WD952 in 1953.
Самолёты на фотографии: English Electric / BAE Canberra - Великобритания - 1949
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Регистрационный номер: WD952 [4] Canberra WD952 looking somewhat the worse for wear after suffering port engine failure on March 12, 1956. Its severed port wing, broken off by an oak tree, is visible in the background.
Самолёты на фотографии: English Electric / BAE Canberra - Великобритания - 1949
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Регистрационный номер: XA894 [2] The seventh production Avro Vulcan B Mk 1, XA894, was modified and instrumented to serve as the flying testbed for the Olympus 22R, the engine proposed for the TSR.2. The test engine was installed in a ventral pod with a bifurcated air intake.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Vulcan / Type 698 - Великобритания - 1952
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Регистрационный номер: XA903 [2] Vulcan B Mk 1 XA903 was adapted by Bristol Engines to test-fly the Olympus 593 specified for Concorde. It is seen here with the water spray grid installed in March 1971 for engine de-icing trials.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Vulcan / Type 698 - Великобритания - 1952
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Регистрационный номер: XA903 [2] Avro Vulcan B Mk 1 XA903 displays the half-Concorde installation of the Olympus 593 test engine beneath its fuselage. Note the extended airbrakes either side of the Olympus intake duct.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Vulcan / Type 698 - Великобритания - 1952
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Регистрационный номер: XA894 [2] Летающая лаборатория «Вулкан» для испытаний двигателя «Олимпус» 22R
Vulcan B Mk 1 XA894 in 1962, with the testbed installation for the TSR.2's Olympus engine. The bifurcated intake is clearly shown.Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Vulcan / Type 698 - Великобритания - 1952
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Регистрационный номер: XB982 Canadair-built North American F-86 Sabre Mk 4 XB982, powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr.12, comes in to land at Patchway. Its nosewheel door is closing again following the lowering of the nosewheel.
Самолёты на фотографии: Canadair CL-13 Sabre - Канада - 1950
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Регистрационный номер: WB493 Orpheus Ashton WB493 in the fictitious airline livery it wore for its appearance as “a six-jet airliner” in the film Cone of Silence during a lull in testbed activity in 1959. It retained these colours when it returned to its day-job.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Ashton / Type 706 - Великобритания - 1950
Статьи
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- Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 XP534/G-BVPP /Preservation Profile/
- Personal album. Military
- Skywriters
- A.Stewart - Jack & Jenny
- A.Welch - A Different World (2)
- B.Jones - Perfecting the power (4)
- H.Levy - Return to Oshkosh
- J.Golley - Working with a genius (2)
- M.Hooks - Farnborough 50th
- M.Hooks - Together again
- M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - Vintage news
- R.Paver - Warbirds at Woodchurch
- R.Riding - A Broad experience (1)
- T.Neil - A Servant of Four Masters
- X.Meal - Repainting the Pink Lady