Gloster Javelin Aircraft

Javelin FAW.1, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire

First Flight:

26 November 1951

GA.5:

5 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Javelin F(AW).1:

40 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Javelin F(AW).2:

30 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Javelin T.3:

22 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Javelin F(AW).4:

18 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd32 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Javelin F(AW).5:

20 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd44 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Javelin F(AW).6:

33 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Javelin F(AW).7:

85 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd57 - Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd

Javelin F(AW).8:

47 - Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Gloster Javelin F(AW).7

Type:

Two seat all weather fighter

Wing:

Mid wing monoplane of delta configuration. Sweepback 39.5 degrees on inner wing, 33.8 degrees on outer wing. All metal two spar structure

Fuselage:

All metal stressed skin structure

Tail Unit:

All surfaces swept. Sweepback 47.6 degrees on fin, 42.8 degrees on tailplane. Tailplane on top of fin. All metal stressed skin structure

Landing Gear:

Retractable nose wheel type

Power Plant:

Two Bristol Siddeley Sapphire ASSa.7R turbojet engines on sides of fuselage

Accommodation:

Crew of two, pilot and radar operator in tandem

Armament:

One 30 mm Aden gun in each wing and two Firestreak missiles under each wing

Span:

52 ft

Length:

56 ft 3 in

Height:

16 ft

Wing Area:

928 sq ft

Take-off:

35,690 lb

Overload:

40,270 lb

Max. Speed:

Mach 0.945 at 45,000 ft

Service Ceiling:

52,800 ft

Preserved in British Museums

Javelin F(AW).1:

XA564 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display

Javelin F(AW).5:

XA699 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport - Display

Javelin F(AW).7:

XH837 - Caernarfon Air Museum, Caernarfon - Forward Fuselage

Javelin F(AW).8:

XH992 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display

Javelin F(AW).9:

XH767 - Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Display XH892 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display XH897 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display XH903 - Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport - Stored

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