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Here you can see both the Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.(T) 14 WS79 and the Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594.
Meteor NF.14
The Meteor NF.14 was the final production version of the two seat Meteor night fighter and was the first to have a clear-vision cockpit canopy.
| Meteor NF.14 statistics | Aircrew:
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13.11m
15.65m
4.24m
Four 20mm guns deleted from the (T) variant
927km/h
1279km
13106m
8467kg
Two Rolls Royce Derwent RD.8's 1680kgp s.t. each |
Avro Vulcan B.2
The Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594 was the 58th Vulcan produced by AV Roe and Co. Limited at Woodford, Manchester and it was flown for the first time in July 1963.
Although now flown operationally in the Falklands conflict, when flown to Winthorpe it was captained by Squadron Leader Neil McDougall who was awarded the DFC for the missions. They flew against the Argentinian Armed Forces in the Falklands.
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33.83m
30.45m
8.28m
21x454kg bombs or one "Blue Steel" nuclear stand-off bomb
1038km/h
7643km
19812m
90800kg
Four Bristol Siddeley Olympus 301 Turbojets 9080kgp s.t. each |
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