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Welcome to the new jet section, If you are purchasing three or more items please
contact us for discounted delivery charges. Please be sure to check this section on a regular basis as new products are added weekly.
The old meets the new
A Lincoln Bomber refuels
the first RAF Jet Fighter
The Meteor.
Mk IV VZ389 of Flight Refuelling Ltd on trials with
Lincoln RA657
The first aircraft built to the Mark I (Type G.41)
standard, DG210, flew on 12 January 1944. Twenty production machines, commencing
EE210, were produced, twelve being issued to 616 Squadron at Culmhead in July.
Armament was four 20mm Hispano Mk 5 cannon in the nose and the engine was the
Welland series 1 of 1,700lbs thrust. The type was used to counter the V1 flying
bombs, 616 Sqn moving to Manston for 'Diver' patrols. The first V1 was brought
down on 4 August 1944. One flight was moved into Nijmegen in January 1945,
although the Meteor was not to be flown over enemy territory. The Mark I was
withdrawn at the end of January.
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SR 71 A12 Blackbird (pg1 jets)
This is one
of the rarest items on this site. Only twelve of these
aircraft were ever built. An ejector seat from a SR 71
Lockheed Blackbird.
If you
collect aircraft seats this has got to be the ultimate item
for your collection. This seat has travelled faster than any
other aircraft seat ever built.
Unofficially nicknamed the "Blackbird,"
the SR-71 was developed as a long-range strategic
reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over
Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet. The first SR-71 to enter
service was delivered in 1966 and due to politics, it was
retired in 1990. However, the USAF still kept a few SR-71s
in operation up until 1998, after a few were brought back to
service in 1995. NASA's DFRC at Edwards AFB, CA flew the
SR-71 from 1991 until the program was cancelled in late
2001. No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in
more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than
the SR-71 Blackbird. It is the fastest aircraft propelled by
air-breathing engines. The Blackbird's performance and
operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of
aviation technology developments during the Cold War. The
airplane was conceived when tensions with communist Eastern
Europe reached levels approaching a full-blown crisis in the
mid-1950s. U.S. military commanders desperately needed
accurate assessments of Soviet worldwide military
deployments, particularly near the Iron Curtain. Lockheed
Aircraft Corporation's subsonic U-2 (see NASM collection)
reconnaissance aircraft was an able platform but the U. S.
Air Force recognized that this relatively slow aircraft was
already vulnerable to Soviet interceptors. They also
understood that the rapid development of surface-to-air
missile systems could put U-2 pilots at grave risk.
£950
This item is heavy
please contact us for quote if you are unable to collect
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Bomb control box (pg1 jets)
£25
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Brake control box (pg1 jets)
£25
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Fuel gauge 1(pg1 jets)
£25
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Fuel gauge 2(pg1 jets)
N/A
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6lb Pressure gauge (pg1 jets)
£25
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Pressure gauge (pg1 jets)
£20
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Directional Giro scope (pg1 jets)
£35
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Zero reader flight indicator (pg1 jets)
£35
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Undercarriage indicator (pg1 jets)
For a vampire
very rare
£75
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