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The Delta 2 was built to investigate the characteristics of flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds. Two examples were built powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA.5 or RA.28 afterburning turbojet engine of 53.4kN and 57.8kN respectively. The first made its maiden flight on 6 October 1954. On 10 March 1956 the RA.5-powered aircraft (flown by Peter Twiss) became the first aircraft to set an over-1,000mph world speed record, with an average of two flights of 1,821km/h. The first aircraft was eventually converted into the BAC 221.
| MODEL | Fairey F.D.2 |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Rolls-Royce "Avon" 200 turbo-jet, 44.5kN |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 6298 kg | 13885 lb |
| Empty weight | 4990 kg | 11001 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.18 m | 26 ft 10 in |
| Length | 15.74 m | 51 ft 8 in |
| Height | 3.35 m | 10 ft 12 in |
| Wing area | 33.44 m2 | 359.94 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 2092 km/h | 1300 mph |
| Range | 1336 km | 830 miles |
| paul scott, psmiddx(@)yahoo.com, 19.10.2009 Why, Barry, that's a very cynical outlook - but one that's completely true, nonetheless! | | Barry, 17.09.2009 You bet Marcel got the Mirage from the FD2. The plane was based at Toulouse for some time and the French would not be all over it with a fine tooth combe, now would they? | | Barry, 17.09.2009 You bet that is where Marcel got the idea of the Mirage from. The FD2 was based at Toulouse for some time and I do not suppose that the "frogs" took any detailed interest in it whatsoever! | | paul scott, psmiddx(@)yahoo.com, 20.08.2009 Thanks for that Leo - didn't even know that it was flown over/by Dassault's factory - now I know where they definitely got the Mirage from!!! | | Leo Rudnicki, leo_rudnicki(@)hotmail.com, 18.08.2009 Confirmed 1,132 mph average over two-way course at 38,000 feet. The British Government were shocked to learn that Britain still had an aircraft industry and banned future supersonic flight over jolly old to help prevent future development, so further tests were done over the Dassault factory and Norway. Everybody lists maximum speed at 1300 mph but it was not told to the Government to prevent embarassing success. Marcel knew. Rafale's great grampa. | | paul scott, psmiddx(@)yahoo.com, 18.08.2009 Was this speed definitely confirmed? I had it from sources elsewhere that it 'only' reached 1,136 mph??? |
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