British Aerospace Rapier
Based on a 1964 development programme, Rapier entered service with the British Army and RAF Regiment in June 1967. Rapier is a Hitile, so called because it …
Period: Post-WWII
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1
The Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft was derived from the Comet airliner. It originally entered RAF service in 1969 in MR1 variant to replace the Avro Shackleton. From …
Hawker-Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1
Hawker had been privately developing a vertical take off aircraft since the 1950s under the code of P.1127. The success of this private venture, and the subsequent …
British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP)
Engine – Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca R.T.172 Adour 102
The Adour is a twin-shaft turbofan developed jointly by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom and Turbomeca in France under the administration of Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited. Various versions …
Landrover Series 1
The Landrover on display was issued for VIP duties with the Royal Air Force from April 1955.
Douglas Mercury Aircraft Tractor
This vehicle, designated Mk1a by the Royal Air Force, is capable of pulling a load of up to 102 tons up an incline of 1:20. The tractor …
Lister Works Truck
Used throughout Royal Air Force maintenance depots, this vehicle was powered by a single-cylinder J.A.P. petrol engine. Other versions were powered by a Lister diesel engine. An …
Engine – Alvis Leonides 128
This post-war derivative of the Alvis 9ARS appeared in numerous sub-variants. The Leonides is a 9-cylinder, air-cooled single-row radial poppet-valve engine. The Leonides 503/7A, Mk 128 01/2, …
Engine – Alvis Leonides Major
A 14-cylinder, two-row radial engine, the Leonides Major 755/1. Mk 155, 780hp seen here, is a medium supercharged, de-rated engine. It is an oblique, direct-drive helicopter engine …
Engine – Armstrong Siddeley Mamba
The Mamba has virtually a straight-through air flow system, its diameter (less than 30ins measured over the cowling) is remarkably small and the frontal area only about …
Engine – Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 200
The Sapphire engine is a turbojet with an axial-flow compressor and an annular combustion chamber of the Armstrong Siddeley vaporising type. It was the first British turbojet …
Engine – de Havilland Ghost 50
The Ghost is larger and more powerful than the Goblin and is again distinguished from the Goblin by having only 10 combustion chambers. The Ghost was developed …
Engine – de Havilland Goblin 2
In the race to get a viable engine from Whittle’s design, de Havilland were also asked to develop a gas turbine. Halford, de Havilland’s engine designer, used …
Engine – Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.3-101
The Avon was tested in mid 1947. At 6000lb static thrust it made its first public display at the 1948 Farnborough Show in a Lancastrian flying test-bed …