Gloster Aircraft Co: Javelin

1952. GA5 Multi-Purpose Delta Fighter.

1953.

1953.

1953. Radar fighter.

Sept 1953.

1956.

February 1957. Gloster Javelin F(AW)4.

April 1957.

May 1957.

November 1958.

Note: This is a sub-section of Gloster Aircraft Co

Type

• All-Weather Fighter

Designers

• George Carter

Manufacturers

• Gloster Aircraft Co

Number produced

• 436

Engines

1952 the two seat, delta-winged Javelin was developed as an all-weather fighter that could fly above 50,000 feet at almost the speed of sound. This modern aircraft proved to be too heavy to take off from the short airfield in Hucclecote, and was instead fitted out to the bare minimum and given a very small fuel load. It was then flown in a short hop to RAF Moreton Valence, three miles to the south, where the aircraft would be completed.

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia