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The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing , and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker ...
The resulting design, designated Motorlet M-701 was a single-shaft centrifugal-compressor turbojet and was the first jet engine designed in Czechoslovakia (although Motorlet had previously built the Klimov VK-1 under license). [2] The M-701 was first run in 1958, and engine no. 4 was tested on an Avia B-228 flying laboratory in December 1959. [3]
The following list of military aircraft of the Czech Republic is a list of military aircraft and civil aircraft for military use currently in service with the Czech Air Force, the Czech Land Forces (unmanned aerial vehicles) and the Flight Training Center as well as retired aircraft.
Bag-type fuel tanks in the wings replaced the rear fuselage tanks of the F.1, giving a small increase in internal fuel capacity, provision for 100 gallon underwing fuel tanks (2 on early examples, 4 on later aircraft); Avon 115 (later Avon 121) engine, blisters under the nose for ammunition links, first flight 20 October 1954 (WT701, Dunsfold ...
The standard J2 engine in Britain was the 3.6 L flathead V8 engine from the Ford Pilot, delivering 85 hp. [7] [8] A 4.4 L Mercury V8, delivering 110 hp was also available. [9] American enthusiasts modified their cars by fitting an Oldsmobile, Chrysler, or Cadillac V8. [4] [10] J2s exported to the United States were shipped without engines. [11]
Category: 1950s aircraft. ... Aircraft first flown in 1959 (86 P) A. 1950s Argentine aircraft (7 C) 1950s Australian aircraft (8 C) 1950s Austrian aircraft (3 C, 1 P) B.
Aero L-29 at Kaunas airport A private L-29 Delfín at the 2006 Miramar Air Show.. In the late 1950s, the Soviet Air Force commenced the search for a suitable jet-powered replacement for its fleet of piston-engined trainers; over time, this requirement was progressively broadened towards the goal of developing a trainer aircraft that could be adopted and in widespread use throughout the ...
The J57 (first run January 1950 [1]) was the first 10,000 lbf (45 kN) thrust class engine in the United States. It is a two spool engine. It is a two spool engine. The J57/JT3C was developed into the J52 turbojet, the J75/JT4A turbojet, the JT3D/TF33 turbofan , and the XT57 turboprop (of which only one was built). [ 2 ]