british aircraft of the suez crisis

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jrk

Airman 1st Class
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Jul 26, 2005
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below are listed an assortment of RAF and FAA aircraft that played their part in the campaign.


supermarinescimitar.gif

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supermarine scimitars FAA

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suprmarine sea hawk FAA

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fairey gannet FAA AEW

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de havilland sea vixen FAA

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bac canberra RAF

avroshackleton.gif


avro shackleton RAF AEW

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avro lincoln RAF

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handley page hastings RAF

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douglas skyraider FAA AEW

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westland sycamore with westland whirlwind RAF SAR

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westland whirlwind RAF SAR

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vickers valiant RAF

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vickers valetta RAF

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westland wyvern FAA

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gloster meteors RAF
 
What in the world are those jets doing in the pix "supermarine scimitars FAA"?.............looks like theyre doing wheelies.
 
i havent a clue i only found the picture.perhaps its synchronised take off formation as opposed to swimming lol
 
The Scimitars were at an angle to get the right lift for the takeoff from the catapult. The strop has the plane under tension just before the launch. The tension lifts the front off the deck and the plane is supported by a wheel at the back of the plane. You can just make out the wheel and the strop (roughly halfway down the fuselage) in the photo.
We had a similar problem with the Phantom but being a much heavier plane and the design changes that would have been needed, RN Phantoms had an extending front undercarriage. On the catapult, this was extended lifting the nose of the Phantom higher of the deck, achieving the same result.

Scimitars were dreadful planes to land. It was always said that no one landed a Scimitar, they did a controlled crash landing, even on land.
 
Ah, the good old Westland Whirlwind. They had one here at RAF Finningley and it had a wasps nest in it. Amazing story of today.
 
Nonskimmer. The difference is that the Scimitar was dreadful. I think I am right in saying that half the Scimitars built crashed in accidents of one kind or another. Not always the planes fault but 50% is a huge loss.
 

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