Hunting Percival Jet Provost Aircraft
Jet Provost T.3A, Winthorpe | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
16 June 1954 |
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Jet Provost T.1: |
10 - Hunting Percival Aircraft |
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Jet Provost T.2: |
4 - Hunting Percival Aircraft |
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Jet Provost T.3: |
201 - Hunting Aircraft |
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Jet Provost T.4: |
185 - British Aircraft Corporation |
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Jet Provost T.5: |
110 - British Aircraft Corporation |
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Jet Provost 51: |
22 - Hunting Aircraft |
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Jet Provost 52: |
50 - British Aircraft Corporation |
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Jet Provost 55: |
5 - British Aircraft Corporation |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Jet Provost T.5A |
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Type: |
Two seat basic trainer |
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Wing: |
Low wing, cantilever, all metal monoplane |
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Fuselage: |
All metal, stress skin construction |
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Tail Unit: |
Single fin and rudder, with tailplane at base |
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Landing Gear: |
Retractable tricycle undercarriage. Nose wheel retracts forwards into fuselage with main wheels retracting inward into wing root |
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Power Plant: |
One 2,500 lb thrust Bristol Siddeley Viper 201 turbojet |
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Accommodation: |
Side by side seats for two in enclosed cockpit |
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Dimensions | |
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Span: |
35 ft 4 in |
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Length: |
33 ft 7 in |
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Height: |
10 ft 2 in |
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Wing Area: |
213.7 sq ft |
Weights | |
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Loaded: |
9,200 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Speed: |
409 mph at sea level |
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Initial Climb: |
3,350 ft/min |
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Service Ceiling: |
36,700 ft |
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Range: |
900 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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Jet Provost T.1: |
XD674 - RAF Museum, Cosford - Stored |
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Jet Provost T.3: |
XM350 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Display XM351 - RAF Museum, Cosford - Display XM383 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Display XM402 - Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - Display XM411 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose XM414 - Ulster Aviation Society Heritage Centre, Langford Lodge - Display XM463 - RAF Museum, Hendon - Fuselage XM468 - Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - Stored XN462 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Stored XN500 - FAST, Farnborough - Display XN511 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose XN573 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground - Nose XN597 - RAF Millom Museum, Haverigg - Nose XN607 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Nose |
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Jet Provost T.4: |
XP556 - Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre, Cranwell - Display XP557 - Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Dumfries - Display XP627 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Display XP640 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XR662 - Boulton Paul Association, Wolverhampton - Restoration XS176 - Highland Aviation Museum, Inverness - Nose XS186 - Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, Metheringham - Display XS216 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Nose XS217 - Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe - Display |
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Jet Provost T.5: |
G-BWOF - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Airworthy XW323 - RAF Museum, Hendon - Display |
Web Sites | |