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Den Gloster Spydkast is a twin-engined T-tailed delta-wing subsonic night and all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain’s Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. The last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name, it was introduced in 1956 after a lengthy development period and received several upgrades during its lifetime to its engines, radar and weapons, including support for the De Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile. The Javelin was succeeded in the interceptor role by the English Electric Lightning, a supersonic aircraft capable of flying at more than double the Javelin’s top speed, which was introduced into the RAF only a few years later. The Javelin served for much of its life alongside the Lightning; the last Javelins were withdrawn from operational service in 1968 following the introduction of successively more capable versions of the Lightning.

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Den Gloster Meteor var den første britiske jetjager og de allieredes eneste jetfly, der opnåede kampoperationer under Anden Verdenskrig. Meteors udvikling var stærkt afhængig af sine banebrydende turbojetmotorer, der blev pioneret af Sir Frank Whittle og hans firma, Power Jets Ltd. Udviklingen af flyet begyndte i 1940, selvom arbejdet med motorerne havde været i gang siden 1936. Meteor fløj første gang i 1943 og begyndte operationer den 27. juli 1944 med No. 616 Squadron RAF. Meteor var ikke et sofistikeret fly i sin aerodynamik, men viste sig at være en succesrig kampfighter. Glosters civile Meteor F.4-demonstrant G-AIDC fra 1946 var det første civilt registrerede jetfly i verden

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Den Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann was a two-seater, single-engine aerobatic monoplane aircraft built by Bücker Flugzeugbau GmbH in Rangsdorf, near Berlin and extensively used by the Luftwaffe in World War II. The Bü 181 was also built by Zliner Flugzeugwerke AG plant at ZlinI protektoratet Bøhmen og Mähren og efter den tyske tilbagetrækning fortsatte produktionen efter krigen i de samme Zlin-værker, nu benævnt C.6 og C.106 for det tjekkoslovakiske luftvåben og som Zlín Z.281 og Z.381 i forskellige versioner til civil brug. 783 fly blev bygget. Mellem 1943 og 1945 byggede Hägglund & Söner AB i Sverige 120 Bü 181 under licens med den svenske militære betegnelse Sk 25.

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