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The Kestrel, serial number XS695, is one of only nine built by Hawker-Siddeley. Its main role was to evaluate vertical take-off in near service conditions. Fitted with a single Bristol Siddeley Pegasus engine and single seat cockpit, the success of the Kestrel came little more than a year before its successor, the Harrier, made its first flight. The Harrier served successfully with the Royal Air Force until 2011.
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The Bristol 188 was the first Bristol turbojet aeroplane to be built. Two flying examples were constructed with the objective of reaching and sustaining twice the speed of sound for long enough to enable steady-state kinetic heating effects on the structure to be experienced and recorded.
After considerable production delays the first aircraft XF923, made its maiden flight 14 April 1962. First flight of XF926,from Filton ,was 29 April 1963.
Both aircraft were grounded indefinitely and the project suspended in February 1964, partly due to problems of high fuel consumption and the inability to reach sustained high speed and achieving the original operational requirement for the project.
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The Boulton Paul Balliol and Sea Balliol were monoplane military advanced trainer aircraft built for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by Boulton Paul Aircraft. Developed in the late 1940s the Balliol was designed to replace the North American Harvard trainer and used the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, with the Sea Balliol a naval version for deck landing training.
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Built in 1942 at Leipzig by Erla Maschinenwerk GmbH, probably at its Mockau plant. Construction started as a Bf109F-3, but converted to Bf109G-2/Trop standard during construction.
Recently transferred to Cosford from the RAF Museum, Hendon to make space for the 2018 RAF Centenary celebrations.
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Tras una demostracion de despliegue tactico de tropas, el Hercules se eleva sobre el "Old Crow". El humo rosaceo es el empleado por los LandRover que salieron de la bodega del Hercules para ocultar su posicion al "enemigo"
Cosford Airshow 2005
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Desarrollado en los 60 como bombardero táctico y de reconocimiento con altas prestaciones tecnológicas.
Pongo un enlace con un video del mismo (en la columna de la derecha del video, hay varios más)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdJxjvQZW4
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Este modelo modificado, denominado "Prono" fue desarrollado en los años cincuenta.
Debido a la notable evolución de la velocidad , la aceleración (fuerza G) repercutía negativamente en el comportamiento del cuerpo humano, provocando mareos y desvanecimientos del piloto ; en este caso los británicos pensaron que si se modificaba la posición del piloto a decúbito prono (boca abajo) se podían superar dichas alteraciones, aunque después de un año de ensayos y unas noventa horas de pruebas , éste proyecto acabó desestimándose.
En la imagen vemos el prototipo modificado , en donde se ha efectuado una prolongación del mismo , en la parte posterior, la cabina del piloto en posición normal, y delante, iba el piloto que efectuaba las pruebas , cada uno con sus propios controles.
Gracias a la explicación de mi enciclopédico amigo Jesús López Granja pongo la foto y la interesante historia del modelo.
La he puesto descentrada para que se pueda ver, en la parte inferior, el esquema de la posición del piloto.
Hangar de prototipos del museo de la RAF en Cosford
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Serie adaptada a las necesidades de la RAF y bautizado con el nombre de Schedar, ya que a estas unidades las solían denominar con nombres de estrellas.
Aunque he leído que este modelo en concreto nunca sirvió en ejército del aire británico.
Situado en el Museo de la RAF de Cosford y en muy buen estado por cierto.
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1st of type on AC !
30 Sea Balliols were produced and served with 781 squadron at Lee-on-Solent and 1843 Squadron RNVR at Abbotsinch. The last one was delivered in December 1954
The Merlin powered Balliol, designated Balliol T.2, first flew on 10 July 1948 and after extensive evaluation, it was chosen over the Athena, with large orders being placed to replace some of the Harvards in RAF service.
The Sea Balliol T.21 had folding wings and arrestor hook for deck landings.
By 1951, however, the Air Ministry changed its mind about its training requirements yet again and decided to introduce a jet-powered advanced trainer, the de Havilland Vampire T.Mk11.
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Built by Auster Aircraft Co at Rearsby, Leicester in 1951 as a T.7. Converted to a C.4 (Antarctic) in 1955 for use in Sir Vivian Fuch's 1956 Joint Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. One of two T.7 aircraft used for reconnaissance work, the other being WE563 (later RNZAF NZ1707). To Cosford February 1989
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