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Encyclopedia > Bubble canopy
Closeup of the front view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon showing the bubble canopy

A bubble canopy is a canopy made like a soap bubble, which attempts to provide 360° vision to the pilot. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... The F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin for the United States Air Force. ... The raised canopy of a Vans RV-7A An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of some types of aircraft. ... Look up bubble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


History

Bubble canopies have been in use since World War II. The British already had the "Malcolm hood" which was a bulged canopy but the British Miles M.20 was one of the first aircraft designs to feature a true bubble canopy and although it never went into production the idea was used for other British fighters. It was also taken on by the US for the P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt among others. They are made of bubble gum. That's a fact not many people know. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The second Miles M.20 prototype The Miles M.20 was a World War II fighter developed by Miles Aircraft in 1940. ... The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II. The P-51 became one of the conflicts most successful and recognizable aircraft. ... The American Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, also known as Jug, was the largest single-engined fighter of its day. ...


Examples

F-86 Sabre in flight
MiG-29 on the ground with canopy open
Closeup of a Su-27 cockpit with IRST system
Miles M.20 showing the bubble canopy


 

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