 | british aircraft of the suez crisis| Modern Discuss british aircraft of the suez crisis in the Other Eras forums; below are listed an assortment of RAF and FAA aircraft that played their part in the campaign.
supermarine scimitars FAA
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10-06-2005, 08:06 AM
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| british aircraft of the suez crisis
below are listed an assortment of RAF and FAA aircraft that played their part in the campaign.  
supermarine scimitars FAA 
suprmarine sea hawk FAA 
fairey gannet FAA AEW 
de havilland sea vixen FAA 
bac canberra RAF 
avro shackleton RAF AEW 
avro lincoln RAF 
handley page hastings RAF 
douglas skyraider FAA AEW 
westland sycamore with westland whirlwind RAF SAR 
westland whirlwind RAF SAR 
vickers valiant RAF 
vickers valetta RAF 
westland wyvern FAA  
gloster meteors RAF
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10-06-2005, 08:21 AM
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10-06-2005, 08:28 AM
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10-06-2005, 10:34 AM
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| What in the world are those jets doing in the pix "supermarine scimitars FAA"?.............looks like theyre doing wheelies.
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10-06-2005, 12:36 PM
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10-06-2005, 01:20 PM
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| i havent a clue i only found the picture.perhaps its synchronised take off formation as opposed to swimming lol
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10-06-2005, 02:08 PM
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10-06-2005, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer I hope those two guys on deck ducked then. | They wouldn't be too well if they hadn't NS It might of hurt a bit. Decapitation is not a pleasant way too die.
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10-06-2005, 05:41 PM
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| 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. | |
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10-06-2005, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Glider It was always said that no one landed a Scimitar, they did a controlled crash landing, even on land. | The USN and USMC used to say the same thing about the F-4 Phantom.
Thanks for the bit of info about the Scimitar by the way. | |
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10-06-2005, 07:47 PM
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10-07-2005, 02:47 AM
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| 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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10-07-2005, 11:36 AM
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10-17-2005, 04:33 PM
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