Blackburn Aircraft Limited
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2
Introduction date 17 July 1962
First flight 30 April 1958
Blackburn Aircraft Buccaneer S.2
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| General information | |
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| Type | Maritime strike aircraft |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | |
| Primary users | Royal Navy |
| Number built | 211 (including 2 prototypes) |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 17 July 1962 |
| First flight | 30 April 1958 |
| Retired | 31 March 1994 |
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History Blackburn Aircraft Limited
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2
Introduction date 17 July 1962
First flight 30 April 1958
The Buccaneer was originally designed in response to the Soviet Union introducing the Sverdlov class of light cruisers. Instead of building a new class of its own cruisers, the Royal Navy decided that it could address the threat posed via low-level attack runs performed by Buccaneers, so low as to exploit the ship's radar horizon to minimise the opportunity for being fired upon. The Buccaneer could attack using nuclear weapons or conventional munitions. During its service life, it would be modified to carry anti-ship missiles, allowing it to attack vessels from a stand-off distance and thus improve its survivability against modern ship-based anti-aircraft weapons. The Buccaneer performed its maiden flight in April 1958 and entered Royal Navy service during July 1962.
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer when Blackburn became a part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, but this name is rarely used.
Development
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Following the end of the Second World War, the Royal Navy soon needed to respond to the threat posed by the rapid expansion of the Soviet Navy. Chief amongst Soviet naval developments in the early 1950s was the Sverdlov-class cruiser; these vessels were classifiable as light cruisers, being fast, effectively armed, and numerous. Like the German "pocket battleships" during the Second World War, these new Soviet cruisers presented a serious threat to the merchant fleets in the Atlantic. To counter this threat, the Royal Navy decided not to use a new ship class of its own, but instead introduce a specialised strike aircraft employing conventional or nuclear weapons. Operating from the Navy's fleet carriers, and attacking at high speed and low level, it would offer a solution to the Sverdlov problem.
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Blackburn Buccaneer S.2
Introduction date 17 July 1962 First flight 30 April 1958
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General Info 1
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- Crew: 2
- Length: 63 ft 5 in (19.33 m)
- Wingspan: 44 ft (13 m)
- Height: 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
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General Info 2
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- Empty weight: 30,000 lb (13,608 kg)
- Gross weight: 62,000 lb (28,123 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey Mk.101 turbofan engines, 11,000 lbf (49 kN) thrust each
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General Info 3
- Maximum speed: 580 kn (670 mph, 1,070 km/h) at 200 ft (61 m)
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.95
- Range: 2,000 nmi (2,300 mi, 3,700 km)
- Service ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,000 m)
- Wing loading: 120.5 lb/sq ft
- Thrust/weight: 0.36
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The Blackburn Aircraft Company NA.39 was a rugged carrier-borne, high-speed low-level strike aircraft and in its production form, it became famous as the 'Buccaneer'. The Blackburn NA.39 prototype (XK486) was first flown at RAE Bedford on 30th April 1958, piloted by Derek Whitehead.
Blackburn Aircraft Buccaneer S.2
A robust carrier-borne strike aircraft which served with distinction with the Royal Navy
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