Aircraft Deployed in Cyprus
Armstrong
Whitworth Meteor NF13
Auster
AOP6
Avro
Shackleton
Bristol
Sycamore
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Havilland Chipmunk T.10
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Havilland Sea Venom
Fairey
Gannet
Gloster
Meteor FR9s
Hawker
Hunter F6
Westland
Whirlwind
Armstrong
Whitworth Meteor NF13
Auster
AOP6
Avro
Shackleton
Bristol
Sycamore
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Havilland Chipmunk T.10
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Havilland Sea Venom
Fairey
Gannet
Gloster
Meteor FR9s
Hawker
Hunter F6
Westland
Whirlwind
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| Role: | Ground attack fighter |
| Powerplant: | Two 3,500lb static thrust Derwent 8 engines |
| Speed (Km/h): | 962 at 3,050m |
| Range (Km): | |
| Wingspan (m): | |
| Length (m): | |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 9,088kg |
| Weapons: | Four 20mm Hispanio nose cannon plus underwing weapons load |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Notes: | Tropicalized Night Fighter version; Slightly lower ceiling and less range, 9088kg maximum take off weight, larger wingspan and radar. |
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| Role: | Light Liaison/observation aircraft |
| Powerplant: | 1 130hp Lycoming 0-290-3 flat-four piston engine |
| Speed (Km/h): | 209 at sea level; Cruise 180 |
| Range (Km): | 250-300 miles |
| Wingspan (m): | 10.97 |
| Length (m): | 6.83 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 839 |
| Weapons: | |
| Crew: | 2? |
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| Powerplant: | 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57A, V-12 liquid cooled, 2450hp |
| Speed (Km/h): | 486 at sea level |
| Range (Km): | 6780 |
| Service Ceiling (m): | 6100 |
| Wingspan (m): | 36.53 |
| Length (m): | 26.62 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (kg) | 45360 |
| Guns: | 2 20mm cannon |
| Bombs etc: | 10000lb ordnance |
| Crew: | 10 |
| Notes: | Details for MR3 version |
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| Powerplant: | One 550hp Alvis Leonides 73 |
| Speed (Km/h): | 127mph at sea level: Cruise at 105mph |
| Range (Km): | 3 Hours endurance |
| Service Ceiling (m): | |
| Rotor Diameter (m): | 48'7'' |
| Length (m): | 46'2'' rotors folded |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 2,545 |
| Guns: | None |
| Bombs etc: | |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Notes: | Specs for H.C.14. Can carry 2 or 3 passengers or two stretchers. The Sycamore served in Borneo, Cyprus and Malaya |
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| Powerplant: | 1 de Havilland Gipsy major 8, 4-cylinder inline, air-cooled, 145hp |
| Speed (Km/h): | 222 at sea level |
| Range (Km): | 480 |
| Service Ceiling (m): | 4880 |
| Wingspan (m): | 10.46 |
| Length (m): | 7.82 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (kg) | 907 |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Notes: | Trainer and Observation aircraft |
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| Powerplant: | De Havilland Ghost 105 turbojet |
| Speed (Km/h): | 927 at sea level; 893 at 9,150m |
| Range (Km): | |
| Service Ceiling (m): | |
| Wingspan (m): | 13.06 |
| Length (m): | 11.17 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (kg) | 6,985 |
| Guns: | 4 20mm cannons |
| Bombs etc: | |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Notes: | Details for FAW Mk 22 |
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| Aircraft Type: | Three seat carrierborne anti-submarine aircraft |
| First Flight: | 19/9/1949 at Aldermaston |
| Entered Service: | April 1954 with No.703 Service Trials Squadron at Ford |
| Powerplant: | One Armstrong-Siddeley Double Mamba ASMD.1 Mk.100 turboprop engine rated at 2,950ehp |
| Speed (Km/h): | 500 Km/h at optimum altitude; Cruising 481 Km/h at optimum altitude |
| Range (Km): | 1,066 |
| Wingspan (m): | 16.56 |
| Length (m): | 13.11 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 9,798 |
| Ordnance: | Upto 2,000lb or ordnance carried in a lower-fuselage weapons bay and generally comprising two homing torpedoes, depth charges or mines and upto sixteen 60lb air-to-surface unguided rockets under the wing. |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Notes: | Details for AS. Mk 1 |
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| Role: | Ground attack fighter |
| Powerplant: | Two 3,500lb static thrust Derwent 8 engines |
| Speed (Km/h): | 962 at 3,050m |
| Range (Km): | 965 |
| Wingspan (m): | 11.32 |
| Length (m): | 13.59 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 7,121 |
| Weapons: | Four 20mm Hispanio nose cannon |
| Crew: | 1 |
| Notes: | No ordnance load, replaced by Reconnaissance cameras |
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| Aircraft Type: | Fighter |
| Powerplant: | 1 Rolls-Royce Avon 203 turbojet |
| Speed (Km/h): | 1142 |
| Range (Km): | 3085 |
| Service Ceiling (m): | 15700 |
| Wingspan (m): | 10.26 |
| Length (m): | 13.98 |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (kg) | 8051 |
| Guns: | 4 30mm cannon with 100 rounds each |
| Bombs etc: | 6000lb of ordnance |
| Crew: | 1 |
| Notes: | Details for F.6 version, first frontline version. |
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| Aircraft Type: | Search and rescue or Light transport helicopter |
| First Flight: | 15/8/1953 |
| Entered Service: | 1953 |
| Powerplant: | One 600hp Pratt and Whitney R-1340-40 |
| Speed (Km/h): | 110mph at sea level. cruise: 85mph |
| Range (Km): | 360 miles |
| Rotor Diameter (m): | 53' |
| Length (m): | 41'8.5'' |
| Maximum Take Off Weight (Kg) | 3,090 |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Notes: | Details for H.A.R.2 version. 8 passenger payload |
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