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English Electric P1A
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1954-1982, In Storage, 1987/0014/A
The first flight of P1 WG760 was on 4 August 1954, just 10 years after the RAF’s first jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered squadron service. It was experimental and was the basis for the RAF’s front line fighter, the English Electric Lightning.
Gloster Javelin FAW 1
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1955-1975, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/A/1180
The Javelin was the world’s first twin-jet delta-wing fighter, designed to intercept bombers at high altitudes and at high subsonic speeds. Electronic and radar devices gave it an all-weather capability.
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- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1955
- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1956 [1]
- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1957 [1]