Javelin Aircraft
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| Low speed wind tunnel model of Javelin aircraft | |
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| Manufacturer | (Unknown) |
| Production years | c.1949 |
| Production location | (unknown) |
Defending Britain from an ever-evolving threat of air attack pushed engineers to the limit. Britain is a small country, close to its neighbours, and could expect little warning time. Aircraft like this Javelin Aircraft had high performance with all-weather and night capability to counter attacking Soviet bombers.
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The Javelin was a fighter jet, and didn't have propellers.
[edit] Memories
I remember the Javelin. It made a very distinctive sound. The last one I saw flying was in 1968 over Portsmouth. It had striped markings showing that it was being used as a target-tug in its final days.
— Dennis Wills
I worked on Javelins as a radar mechanic on 85 Squadron at Stradishall from 1957 until August 1959. Ours had the US-manufactured A.I.22, which was notoriously unreliable. The British-built A.I.17 fitted to other marks was much more reliable. It was fondly named the “Flying Flat-iron” or the “Tin Triangle”. We converted from Venom 3s, and the Jav was a monster after those. From the perspective of a radar tradesman it was not an easy aircraft to work on, due to the fact that much of the equipment was fairly well buried in the airframe and access was difficult and time-consuming. Definitely not a user-friendly aircraft, but I remember it fondly. I’d love to see one flying again, but I doubt that it will ever happen.
— Tony Fairbridge, Melbourne, Australia
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[edit] In the Science Museum
The Museum acquired this object in 1993 from the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Inv. No: 1993-2286).
This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.[edit] More information
- Javelin aircraft on Wikipedia.