Hawker Hunter GA.11 XE885

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hunter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1951

A beaming Phil Shaw in the cockpit of the aircraft which gave him his “Millennium Moment”, Hawker Hunter GA.11 XE885.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hunter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1951

Guild of Aviation Artists president Michael Turner’s stunning painting depicting Alex’s unforgettable Spitfire incident.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Vimy replica pilots Peter McMillan (in the tan flying suit) and Lang Kidby in front of NX71MY.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vimy / FB.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

Roland Beamont in his “office” in an English Electric Lightning in the 1960s.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: English Electric / BAC Lightning - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1957

В конце 1947 года английское Министерство снабжения, наконец, признало, что Великобритания утеряла лидерство в разработке сверхзвуковых самолетов, и составило экспериментальную "спецификацию W3" на новый опытный самолет. Компания "Fairey" ответила созданием усовершенствованного Delta Two или F. D.2.
Climbing at an angle of 45 degrees, the first prototype Fairey Delta 2 (WG774) is flown by Lt.-Commander Peter Twiss, D.S.C., prior to the successful attempt on the world 's speed record on 10th March, when Twiss established the F.A.1. record of 1,132 m.p.h. (1,822 Ikm./hr.) over a nine-mile course between Chichester and Ford, Sussex. Two runs were made, the first (east to west) was covered at 1.117 m.p.h. (1,798 km./hr.) and the second (west to east) at 1,147 m.p.h. (1.846 km./hr.), thus exceeding by 37 per cent the existing record of 824 m.p.h. set up by Col. Horace A. Hanes in an F-100A Super Sabre on 20th August 1955. The Delta 2, powered by a 10,000-lb.s.t. Rolls-Royce (re-heat) Avon, undertook the record runs at an altitude of 7 1/4 miles (38,000 ft.) after taking off from A. & A.E .E., Boscombe Down, Hampshire. The span of the FD-2 is 26 ft. and the length 52 ft. 3 in. First flight was on 6th October 1954.
This aircraft was later fitted with a sharp-edged ogival wing and flown as the BAC 221 on research into Concorde-type delta wing flight characteristics.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey FD.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1954

WM672, the very Vampire night fighter in which John W.R. Taylor OBE experienced his “Millennium Moment” in 1953.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Vampire T / Vampire NF / D.H.113 / D.H.115 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950