Aircraft Of Foreign Countries

 

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Great Britain Aircraft

 

Reconnaissance / Electronic Warfair


Reconnaissance
Type: British Aerospace Nimrod MR.Mk 2 12 crew maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine plane.
Max Speed: 575 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: ??? ft per min.
Service Ceiling: 42,000 ft.
Range: 5,755 miles.
Armament: up to 13,500 lb of disposable stores.
Photo: B Thouanel
Fitted with an in flight refueling probe and carrying self-defense sidewinder AAMs, the Nimrod MR.Mk 2 can patrol deep into the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from bases in Scotland and Cornwall.

 
Type: British Tayorcraft Auster Mk IV three seat air observation post plane.
Max Speed: 130 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling:
Range: 250 mph.
Armament: None
Photo: M. Hodeir
 

 

Type: Blackburn Mk 1 three/four seat carrier borne reconnaissance and spotting aircraft.
Max Speed: 122 mph at 3,000 ft.
Climb Rate: 690 ft. per minute.
Service Ceiling: 12,950 ft.
Range: endurance 4 hours 15 minutes.
Armament: two 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns (one fixed and
one trainable).
Photo: Musee de 1' Air
The Blackburn can only be described as graceless, and it seen here in form of a Blackburn Mk II.

 

Type: Fairey Ferret Mk III two seat general purpose prototype.
Max Speed: 135 mph at 10,000 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 15,500 ft.
Range: 
Armament: one fixed and one trainable 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns, and up to 500 lb of bombs under the wings.
Photo: Musee de 1'Air
The Ferret Mk II had distinctive Fairey vertical tail (a nearly rectangular fin and a taller balanced rudder), and here the landing gear spreader bar sports the gear to catch the longitudinal arrester wires used by the aircraft carriers of the day.

 

Type: de Havilland Mosquito PR.Mk IX two seat photo reconnaissance aircraft.
Max Speed: 408 mph at high altitude.
Climb Rate: 2,850 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 38,000 ft.
Range: 2,450 miles.
Armament: none
Photo: M. Hodeir
This is one of the few Mosquitoes still airworthy, and attracts considerable enthusiasm at air shows.

 

Type: Avro Shackleton MR.Mk 3 10 seat long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
Max Speed: 302 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 19,200 ft.
Range: 3,660 miles.
Armament: two 20 mm cannons and up to 10,000 lb of bombs.
Photo: M. Rostaing
The Shackleton AEW.Mk 2 of the Royal Air Force were replaced with Boeing Sentry AEW.Mk 1s from 1991.

 

Type: Vickers Warwick GR.Mk II six seat maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft.
Max Speed: 262 mph at 2,000 ft
Climb Rate: 10,000 ft in 9 minutes 30 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 19,000 ft.
Range: 2,150 miles.
Armament: eight 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns in four gun tail turret and twin gun nose and dorsal turret, and up to 15,250 lb of bombs.
Photo: RAF Museum
Seen in service with No.179 Squadron of RAF Costal Command, this Warwick GR.Mk V has the surface search radar and trainable Leigh light respectively under the forward and rear fuselage sections.

 

 

Electronic Warfair

 
Type: Nimrod MR Mk 2 12 seat maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft.
Max Speed: 575 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 42,000 ft.
Range: 5,775 miles endurance 12 hours.
Armament: 13,500 lb variety of weapons, including up  to nine torpedoes and bombs in an internal weapons bay, Harpoon anti shipping missiles, rockets or air-to-air missiles can be carried on wing hardpoints.
Photo: Salamander
The Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, a derivative of the graceful comet 4C has proved an excellent surveillance type.

 

 

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