British Aircraft Corporation 221 Fairey Delta 2 Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton Somerset. XAV 1396-307
At Bristol the British Aircraft Corporation's experimental "mini concord", designated "BAC 221" made its first flight. Its testing was carried out in the Bordeaux region in southern France as the weather was more suitable in this region than in England, and the sparsely populated area would be more suited to the frequent sonic booms. British Aircraft Corporation 221 WG774 - BAC221 6/10/54 - f/f as Fairey Delta 2 ~ 10/3/56 - Set new World Airspe0ed Record 1,132 mph~ / /64 - f/f as BAC 221 ~ / / - To Filton ~ 20/5/66 - RAE Bedford,noted here again in 1974 ~ 9/6/73 - Grounded after 273 flights ~ 15/1/75 - To Scottish Museum of Flight at East Fortune ~ 4/80 - To Abingdon ~ 5/80 - To FAAM ~ 13/11/99 - Moved to Cobham Hall store. Technical Details Role - Part of Concorde development programme Manufacturers - Fairey Aviation Co(FD2) converted to BAC 221 by British Aircraft Corp Power plant - Rolls Royce Avon 28 with 9,300lb thrust,13,100 with reheat Wingspan - 26ft 10in Length - 51ft 7in Height - 11ft Weight - 13,884lb Max speed - 1,122mph Range - 830 miles Armament - Nil
Size: 3512px × 5288px
Location: Fleet Air, Arm Museum, Yeovilton. Somerset. England. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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