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The Javelin (Paperback)
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The RAF's first and last jet-powered delta-winged fighter, the
Javelin was also the very last aircraft to be built by the Gloster
Aircraft Company. The twin-engine Javelin was a complex aircraft
and development began as early as 1946, the intention being for the
aircraft to be a replacement for the Gloster Meteor. Designed to be
the first specifically built all-weather interceptor, the Javelin
experienced a protracted development period and did not enter RAF
service until 1956. Progressing through nine operational marks, the
Javelin proved to be more than capable of intercepting the Canberra
at altitude. To keep pace with increasingly better performing
Soviet bombers, the fighter's engines were progressively upgraded
from 8,000 lb each in the Mk 1 to 12,300 lbs of thrust in the Mk 8.
The Javelin remained the RAF's sole all-weather fighter until the
arrival of the English Electric Lightning. Operating alongside the
Lightning, the Javelin was retired from operational service in 1968
although one machine, now on display at IWM Duxford, remained in
service with the A&AEE until 1975.
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