The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name. Introduced in 1956 after a lengthy development period, the …

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HISTORY OF THE GLOSTER JAVELIN A The Javelin's story begins similarly to that of many RAF aircraft - a succession of requirements accompanied by a succession of ever-changing designs to match. In 1947 the Air Ministry had seen the need for a high performance interceptor to challenge the increasingly modern bomber designs being produced.

The Javelin was the world’s first twin-jet delta-wing fighter, designed to intercept bombers at high altitudes and at high subsonic speeds. Electronic and radar devices gave it an all-weather capability.

The Gloster Javelin was an all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force in the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft to bear the Gloster name.

The Gloster Aircraft Design Team under George Carter, made project studies of both specifications using research information on delta planforms pioneered by Herr Lippisch in Germany. Both projects had delta wings with delta tailplanes and were submitted to the Ministry of Supply in March 1947.

Jul 1, 2011 · Gloster design P.280, issued in March 1951, closely resembled what was to become the Javelin. The first flight of the first prototype of the DH.110 took place in September 1951 and that of the Javelin was on 26 November 1951. The latter type was chosen by the Ministry of Supply on 7 July 1952 to be put into production.

The origin of the Javelin, as far as any aeroplane can be said to have a clearly defined starting point, lay in two Air Ministry specifications, F.43/46 and F.44/46 for an interceptor fighter and a two seater fighter respectively. The Gloster Aircraft Design Team under George Carter, made project studies of

Gloster’s groundbreaking Javelin – the RAF’s first all-weather fighter – is explored by Andrew Thomas. When the Gloster Aircraft Company came to name its latest and, as it transpired, last of a long line of fighters for the RAF, it was christened Javelin.

The Javelin began with a 1947 Air Ministry requirement for a high-performance night fighter that led to orders for prototypes under specification F.44/46 of two of the competing designs, the Gloster GA.5 and the de Havilland DH.110 which was also …