Fairey Gannet ECM.6
British carrier-borne aircraft från andra världskriget utvecklades för Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Fairey Gannet AS.4 (roll mot anti-ubåtar) omvandlades till en ECM.6-variant (elektroniska motåtgärder) efter att AS-rollen tagits av en helikopter, Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 .
Prototypen flög första gången den 19 september 1949 och gjorde det första däcket landande någonsin av ett turbopropflygplan på HMS Illustrious i juni 1950.
Fairey Gannet drivs av en dual Armstrong Siddely Mamba , som kör två kontra roterande propellrar. En motor kan stängas av under flygningen för att spara bränsle.
Flygplanet var ursprungligen konstruerat med två platser, men en tredje sattes senare över vinge bakkanten för en andra observatör:
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Detta störde luftflödet över den horisontella stabilisatorn, vilket krävde tillsats av små finsar.
Totalt 348 Gannetter byggdes.
XA459 RN
Denna speciella flygplan är c / n F9311 registrerad XA459 RN för Royal Navy. Den kom in 814 NAS i mars 1957.
Här på RNAS Culdrose 1976:
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År 1982 vid Cardiff:
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Från Stephen Metcalfs sida :
XA459 was built as an AS.4 but had a short career, joining 814 NAS in March 1957 and being grounded in June the same year after a sonobuoy failed to release properly and damaged the rear fuselage. Repaired by October 1958, she was flown to the Aircraft Holding Unit at Abbotsinch and not re-issued to a squadron. She was then flown to NARIU at Lee-on-Solent and converted to an ECM.6 before being issued to 831 NAS at Culdrose in May 1961. She finished her active career with the same unit in 1966, by now based at RAF Watton. Initially used as a ground instructional airframe at Lee and later Culdrose, she was then used by the School of Aircraft Handlers also at Culdrose before being earmarked for preservation and dismantled in late 1978 ready for a move to a museum [...]
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Fullständig historia från South Wales Aviation Group :
29/12/56 at Ringway as AS.4 - dd 15/01/57 to RDU Anthorn - 814 NAS Culdrose 04/03/57 - AR Culdrose 13/06/57 - AHU Culdrose 12/11/57 - AHU Abbotsinch 18/10/58 - NARIU Lee-on-Solent converted to ECM.6 - 831 NAS Culdrose 02/05/61 "-/274", "CU/394" - NARIU Lee-on-Solent 28/10/63 - 831 NAS Watton 09/04/64 "R/394", "R/396" - total flying hours 1005.05 - to GIA AES Lee-on-Solent 21/07/66 - to NASU Culdrose 09/07/68 - SoC 18/11/70 - to SAH Culdrose - A2608 31/11/70 - wfu & dismantled by 23/11/78 - to WAM by road 04/04/79 - sometime coded "E/-" - to Gloucester area late 89, damaged going under low bridge enroute - auctioned 08/11/90 - to Cirencester, Gloucs - to Lambourn, Berks 99 - to Woodlands St Mary, Berks - to White Waltham, Berks 05/11/06 - current.
Nuvarande plats: White Waltham
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