Tag: Aircraft
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Blackburn Baffin
Blackburn Baffin The Blackburn B-5 Baffin biplane torpedo bomber was a development of the Ripon, the chief change being that a 545 hp (406 kW) Bristol Pegasus I.MS radial replaced the Ripon’s Napier Lion water-cooled inline engine. The Baffin was designed to meet a Fleet Air Arm requirement as a conventional two-seat single-bay biplane of… Read more
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Blackburn B-54
Blackburn B-54 The Blackburn B-54 was a prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It shared a common airframe with the Blackburn B-88. The B-54 had a piston engine while the B-88 had a gas turbine driving large contra-rotating propellers. The… Read more
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota / DC3 West Wyalong New South Wales Douglas C-47A Dakota N2-23 Douglas C-47A Dakota N2-23 (originally A65-23 when in RAAF service) was built in 1943 in Oklahoma City. Initially serving with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) it transferred to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), in 1950. Now display at… Read more