Hunting Percival Jet Provost Aircraft

Jet Provost T.3A, Winthorpe

Production Details

Design Company:

Percival Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

16 June 1954

Jet Provost T.1:

10 - Hunting Percival Aircraft

Jet Provost T.2:

4 - Hunting Percival Aircraft

Jet Provost T.3:

201 - Hunting Aircraft

Jet Provost T.4:

185 - British Aircraft Corporation

Jet Provost T.5:

110 - British Aircraft Corporation

Jet Provost 51:

22 - Hunting Aircraft

Jet Provost 52:

50 - British Aircraft Corporation

Jet Provost 55:

5 - British Aircraft Corporation

Type Specification

Applies to:

Jet Provost T.5A

Type:

Two seat basic trainer

Wing:

Low wing, cantilever, all metal monoplane

Fuselage:

All metal, stress skin construction

Tail Unit:

Single fin and rudder, with tailplane at base

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle undercarriage. Nose wheel retracts forwards into fuselage with main wheels retracting inward into wing root

Power Plant:

One 2,500 lb thrust Bristol Siddeley Viper 201 turbojet

Accommodation:

Side by side seats for two in enclosed cockpit

Span:

35 ft 4 in

Length:

33 ft 7 in

Height:

10 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

213.7 sq ft

Loaded:

9,200 lb

Max Speed:

409 mph at sea level

Initial Climb:

3,350 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

36,700 ft

Range:

900 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Jet Provost T.1:

XD674 - RAF Museum, Cosford - Stored

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

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

Jet Provost T.5:

G-BWOF - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Airworthy XW323 - RAF Museum, Hendon - Display

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