The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 (internal designation Type V within Fairey) is a British supersonic research aircraft that was produced by the Fairey Aviation...
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The Fairey Delta 1 (FD1) was a research aircraft developed and produced by British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It holds the distinction of...
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record-breaking Fairey Delta 2 and the Sukhoi T-4 strategic bomber. The first supersonic delta to receive a drooped nose was the Fairey Delta 2, a British...
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This is a list of aircraft with delta wings. rcgroups.net Soviet aircraft unknown, Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com Gunston, W. and Swanborough...
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Emergence of the Delta Planform." Aerospace Historian, March 1979. Wood 1975, p. 73. Wood 1975, p. 74. "Individual History: Fairey FD-2 Delta WG777/7986M."...
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the SR.177) and 84 ft long (26 m), as too big. Fairey drew on their experience with the Fairey Delta 2 (FD2). Their first proposal was a single-engined...
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The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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vortex lift have been used on delta-winged research aircraft such as the Convair XF-92A and Fairey Delta 2. Early delta wing fighters such as the F-102...
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The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily...
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Its name comes from Sir Richard Fairey and the Fairey Aviation Company, famous in later years for the Fairey Delta 2 aircraft - the first aircraft in...
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The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed...
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platform that would give the P.17 a VTOL capability. Fairey entered a design based on the Fairey Delta 2, essentially stretching the fuselage forward significantly...
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Dassault Mirage III (redirect from Dassault MD.550 Mystere-Delta)
that there was "a striking resemblance" between the MD.550 Delta and the British Fairey Delta 2, an experimental aircraft that first flew on 6 October 1954...
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The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation...
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modified Fairey Battle – Engine testbed for Rolls-Royce Exe, Fairey Prince (H-16) and Napier Dagger. Fairey Delta 1 – Delta-wing research aircraft Fairey Delta...
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The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development...
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supersonic speeds beyond subsonic cruise attained with afterburning. All the Fairey Delta 2 initial supersonic test flying to Mach 1.1 was done without afterburning...
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Turbojet Experimental 1964 Prototype 1 Fairey Delta 2 adapted to test the ogival delta wing for Concorde. BAC TSR-2 United Kingdom Turbojet Attack 1964 Prototype...
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The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both...
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Vulcan de Havilland Vampire English Electric Canberra Fairey Delta 2 and BAC 221 (rebuilt Fairey Delta 2) Gloster Javelin Handley Page Victor Hawker Hunter...
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Aircraft. New York New York, US: Macmillan, 1978. ISBN 0-02-080630-2. Taylor, H. A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London:Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-00065-X. Taylor...
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The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the...
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aircraft designed from the outset for supersonic flight was the British Fairey Delta 2. On March 10, 1956, it became the first aircraft to fly faster than...
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pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Chapter 1. Introduction. (Retrieved 2 November 2021) Hang glider EXULANS, Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021). "The...
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Fireflash (redirect from Fairey Fireflash)
aided by ongoing projects at Fairey in rocket propulsion that were being used to support the development of the Fairey Delta 2 supersonic aircraft. This...
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(1948) Fairey Gannet – carrier-borne ASW (later AEW) aircraft (1949) Fairey F.D.1 – experimental delta wing (1951) Fairey F.D.2 – record-setting delta-wing...
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The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated...
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Ringway from June 1937 onwards. In 1951, the Fairey Delta 1 was built here. On 10 March 1956, the Fairey Delta 2, with components manufactured at Heaton Chapel...
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The Fairey F.2 was a British fighter prototype in the late 1910s. It was the first aircraft designed entirely by the Fairey Aviation Company. The F.2 was...
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English Electric Lightning (redirect from English Electric Lightning F.2)
in excess of 1,000 mph were achieved daily. During this period the Fairey Delta 2 (FD2) held the world speed record of 1,132 miles per hour (1,822 km/h)...
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