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Hawker Siddely Buccaneer S2A
The Buccaneer was designed by Barry Laight of the Blackburn aircraft company
to Admiralty requirement NR/A.39 for an exceptionally advanced carrier
borne strike bomber. In order to meet the specification the Buccaneer
was built to be a remarkably robust airframe to withstand the stress of
deck landing, low level manouvers at speeds near the speed of sound such
as toss bomb delivery. The fuselage was entirely area ruled and new manufacturing
techniques were developed including sculptural milling of the wing structure
from solid billets. In order to maintain control at low speeds a system
of super circulation was developed whereby hot air was blown over the
control surfaces
The first prototype was flown in 1958 and carrier trials were undertaken in 1960, with the first squadron being commissioned in 1962 aboard HMS Victorious. The initial Buccaneer S1 was powered by De Haviland Gyron Junior which proved to be somewhat underpowered and led to the development of the definitive S2 variant powered by Rolls Royce Speys. The cancellation of the TSR-2 in 1964 left the RAF without an effective strike bomber and so the Buccaneer was drafted in as a stop gap replacement until the Tornado entered service, and the Buccaneer was very successful in that role, serving with the RAF until the 1990's. The Buccaneers swan song was in the Gulf war as a pathfinder for Tornado's.
Specification
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Speed: 654 mph at sea level
Weight: 62,000 lbs
Range: 2,300 miles
Power plant: Two Rolls Royce Spey's, (11,100lb thrust).
Armament: up to 16,000 lbs of ordinance, typically comprising four 1000lb
iron bombs in the bomb bay and four triple carriers under the wings, each
with 3 1000lb iron bombs or a variety of air to air missiles for self
defence and paveway laser guided bombs.
