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Gloster Javelin
Gloster · All-Weather Night Fighter / All-Weather Interception / Night Fighter · UK · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the Gloster Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s and was the final aircraft design to bear the Gloster name.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Night Fighter
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- UK
- Manufacturer
- Gloster
- Operator
- RAF
- Primary Role
- All-Weather Night Fighter / All-Weather Interception / Night Fighter
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1956
- Produced
- 435
- Propulsion
- Turbojet
- Engine
- 2x Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Sa.7 turbojet
- Thrust / Power
- 11,000 lbf each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 56.9
- Wingspan (ft)
- 52
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 22900
- MTOW (lb)
- 43165
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 52800
- Range (mi)
- 954
- Max Speed (mph)
- 710
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.93
- Armament
- 4x 30mm ADEN cannon; 4x de Havilland Firestreak AAM (FAW.9); AI.17 radar