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Encyclopedia > BAC Jet Provost
BAC Jet Provost
Description
Role Jet trainer
Crew 2
First Flight June 26, 1954
Entered Service August 1954
Manufacturer Hunting/BAC
Dimensions
Length 33 ft 8.5 in 10.27 m
Wingspan 36 ft 10 in 11.23 m
Height 10 ft 11.5 in 3.34 m
Wing area 213.7 ft² 19.79 m²
Weights
Empty 4,658 lb 2,100 kg
Loaded 6,650 lb 3,012 kg
Maximum takeoff 7,300 lb 3,306 kg
Powerplant
Engines 1 x Bristol Siddeley Viper
Thrust 2,500 lb 11.12 kN
Performance
Maximum speed 0.57 Mach
Maximum speed 440 mph 708 km/h
Range 600 miles 967 km
Service ceiling 44,000 ft 13,410 m
Avionics
Avionics Digital 720CH COM Electric Altimeter

VOR/LOC/ILS Clock_Timer


MKR beacons Slaved Sperry compass system


Digital Terra TXP G_meter


Standby Attitude Indicator w/nicad backup
Armament
Guns two 0.303in guns
Bombs two 100lb or eight 25lb bombs
Rockets six 60lb or twelve 25lb rockets


The Hunting Percival (later BAC) Jet Provost was a jet-powered training aircraft used by the RAF from 1955 to 1993.


In the 1950s the RAF issued a requirement for a new dedicated jet training aircraft. Hunting developed the Jet Provost from the piston-engined Percival Provost basic trainer. On June 26 1954 the prototype made its first flight. The Air Ministry ordered 10 of the Jet Provost T.1, and in June 1957 40 of the Jet Provost T.3, featuring a new engine, ejector seats, a redesign of the airframe, and strengthened undercarriage. In total 201 T.3s were delivered between 1958 and 1962.


The T.4 followed in 1961 with a new engine, and then the pressurised T.5 in 1967.


The design was also used for the BAC Strikemaster.


The Jet Provost remains popular among enthusiasts and being an inexpensive jet, many are now in private hands. Some are flown at airshows.



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External link

Jet Provost Heaven (http://www.jetprovost.com)




  Results from FactBites:
 
Warbird Alley: Jet Provost (337 words)
The RAF was impressed by the Jet Provost’s handling and seating configuration; after a four year comparative trial period of the T Mk 1s, 201 Jet Provost T Mk 3s were ordered in 1959 with Martin-Baker ejection seats, tip tanks, upgraded avionics and a clear canopy.
The Jet Provost design was later developed into the popular and capable BAC Model 167 Strikemaster light attack jet, but even the Jet Provost was to be armed with two machine guns on the export versions of the aircraft, the T.Mk51, T.Mk52 and T.Mk 55.
Retired from the military, the Jet Provost is now a popular and inexpensive jet for warbird enthusiasts in England, the Netherlands, Australia and the USA.
BAC Jet Provost - Free net encyclopedia (408 words)
The Hunting Percival (later BAC) Jet Provost was a jet-powered training aircraft used by the RAF from 1955 to 1993.
Hunting developed the Jet Provost from the piston-engined Percival Provost basic trainer.
The Jet Provost remains popular among enthusiasts and being an inexpensive jet, many are now in private hands.
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