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101 Sqn, RAF - Circa 1981.

 

Specifications
General

Type: Strategic Bomber
Crew: 5
First flight: 31 august 1952
Introduction: 1956
Number built: 136 (all variants)
Powerplant
4 x Bristol-Siddeley Olympus 301, 89kN
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 32.16 m | Wingspan: 33.83 m | Height: 8.26 m
Wing area: 368.4 m² | Empty weight: 36000 kg
Max takeoff weight: 92500 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: Mach 0.86 (1040 km/h)
Combat radius: 3700 km | Ferry range: 7400 km
Service ceiling: 19000 m
Armament

1 × Blue Steel nuclear missile or
1 × nuclear bomb armed with a thermonuclear warhead or
21 × 450 kg bombs

 

 

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