Avro 707

The Avro 707 is a einstrahliges research aircraft of the British manufacturer Avro.

History

With the development of the bomber Vulcan 698, was begun in 1947, it was decided at Avro to build for testing the then-new Delta Wing is a relatively small and thus cost-effective aircraft.

This machine, the Avro 707, made ​​its first flight on 4 September 1949 under the Avro test pilot SE "Red" Esler, who was killed during a test flight with this machine on September 30, 1949.

Known as the Avro 707B second machine was launched on 6 September 1950 and its first flight was to test the slow flight characteristics of aircraft with delta wings. As the first machine was the 707B with a Rolls -Royce Derwent 5 engine fitted, but had a modified chassis.

The 707B proved to be a good-natured air, the first completed about 100 hours of flight time under a Avro test pilot and was subsequently discharged for further testing to the British Air Force, where it could be flown by civilian pilots to learn their opinion on the pattern. In 1952 the 707B was introduced at various air shows to the public.

High speed tests were performed with the said third machine 707A. The machine, which launched its maiden flight on 14 June 1951, with their air inlets in the wings and also her cockpit design an almost exact copy of the Vulcan at a scale of 1:3. The powerplant was further developed Rolls- Royce Derwent 8 engine. This aircraft was unveiled at the 1953 Air Show in Paris, and later taken to further test flights to Australia.

There another machine version 707A was still made, this was later used as a testbed for a new thrust control; also resulted in a planned four original two-seater machines, these were referred to as 707C ( also equipped with the Derwent -8 engine).

This machine was the Royal Air Force - later fitted with a fly- by-wire control system - until 1967 as the test aircraft for supersonic tests available and was, like the two machines of the 707A series, as a museum piece.

Specifications

Avro 707 in Museums

  • Avro 707A in the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Australia
  • Avro 707A at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England
  • Avro 707C in the RAF Museum Cosford in England
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