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	Fairey Delta 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fairey Delta 2 (designated Type V within the Fairey organisation) or FD2 was a British supersonic research aircraft produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
		The FD2 was used as the basis for Fairey's submissions to the Ministry for advanced all weather interceptor designs leading to the Fairey Delta 3 for the F.155 specification, but it never got past the drawing board stage.
		The first Delta 2, WG774, was later rebuilt by British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), who had absorbed Fairey, in 1960 as the ogee-ogive wing form aircraft BAC 221.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fairey_Delta_2 (515 words)

	Fairey Delta 2.
		In 1951 Fairey Delta 1 with its famous delta wing was produced at the Stockport factory.
		Fairey Delta 2 (FD 2) first flew in 1954 and in 1956 broke the World Air Speed Record being the first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph in level flight.
		Only two Fairy Deltas were ever built, and the British did not want any further development because of their supersonic bangs, and also because the age of the fighter was considered by the Government to be over.
	www.ventnorradar.co.uk /FD2.htm (647 words)

	BAC 221 in Detail
		The experiences from this was used in the development of the more advanced Fairey Delta 2 which was first flown in 1954.
		The F.D.2 met all expectations and it was decided that an attempt to exceed the magic speed limit of 1000 miles per hour (446 m/s) would be made.
		Today Fairey Delta 2 WG777 resides in the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford and BAC 221 WG774 in the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton.
	ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2005/05/stuff_eng_detail_bac221.html (453 words)

	British Armed Forces & National Service
		In 1946, I joined Fairey Aviation as a test pilot and flew many of the company's aircraft, including the Fairey Primer, Fairey Gannet, Fairey Firefly, and the Fairey Rotodyne compound-helicopter and worked for two years on the Fairey Delta 2, a supersonic delta-winged research plane.
		In 1959 Fairey Aviation was sold to Westland Aircraft a helicopter manufacturer, which was not my area, I therefore joined Fairey Marine in 1960 and was responsible for development and sales of day-cruisers.
		The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 was a British supersonic research aircraft produced by the Fairey Aviation Company in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
	www.britisharmedforces.org /ns/ns/nat_peter_twiss.htm (1347 words)

	Fairey Delta 2 (1954)
		The Fairey Delta 2 (FD2) was a British research aircraft designed to test flight controls at subsonic and supersonic speeds.
		Powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon engine with afterburner, the craft flew numerous missions between 1954 and 1960, at which point it was renamed the BAC 221 and used to test concepts for the civilian Concorde SST, then under development.
		Like the eventual Concord, the FD2 had a "droop nose" to improve the pilot's visibility during take-offs and landings.
	www.fantastic-plastic.com /Fairey_Delta-2_Page.htm (184 words)

	Fairey \| A Rough Guide to the Fairey Group of companies
		Richard Fairey visited the Curtiss Aircraft Company in the USA during the 1920's, having evaluated the Curtiss aircraft he concluded that the Curtiss D-12 engine and propeller were the principal reason for their great speed.
		Fairey Aviation was a major supplier of aircraft to the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm during World War Two.
		It was a tiny delta winged aircraft with a span of 19 ft 6in and 26 ft 3 inlong.
	www.freewebs.com /faireyaviation/aviation.htm (0 words)

	3D max Fairey Delta 2
		The aircraft was named the Fairey Delta 2, or FD2.
		To improve the pilot's forward view during landing, taxiing and take-off, the cockpit and nose section could be hinged downwards by ten degrees.
		Fairey test-pilot Peter Twiss flew the first FD2, WG774, on its maiden flight on 6 October 1954.
	www.turbosquid.com /FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/315644 (211 words)

	Twiss Bio (96) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fuel was so short that his Fairey Delta 2 had to be towed to the runway.
		He worked 2 years on the Fairey F.D.2, a supersonic delta-winged research plane.
		In 1960, he flew the Fairey Swordfish in the epic film Sink the Bismarck.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/96bios/twiss96.htm (600 words)

	Fairey FD.2 Delta II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fairey FD.2 Delta II FD.2 Delta II Fairey
		В 60-х годах самолет FD.2 был реконструирован для исследования свойств оживального крыла.
		Самолет FD.2 представляет собой среднеплан, выполненный по схеме "бесхвостка", с треугольным (срезанным на концах) крылом.
	www.airwar.ru /enc/xplane/fd2.html (288 words)

	fd22
		The Royal Aircaft Establishment firmly believed that a delta wing possessed the correct characteristics for this regime, a belief that probably led to the cancellation of the Miles M.52.
		Fairey had already produced the FD.1 point defence interceptor demonstrator, so had experience of delta wings.
		The Delta 2 (or as Fairey referred to it in their paperwork as the "Type V") would be powered by a single Rolls-Royce
	www.skomer.u-net.com /projects/fd2.htm (0 words)

	Fairey Delta 2 - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		El Fairey Delta 2 o FD2 un avión de experimentación supersónica británico British producido por la Fairey Aviation Company en respuesta a una especificación del Ministerio del Aire para investigar las condiciones de vuelo y control en velocidades transónicas y supersónicas.
		El Delta 2 tenía una nariz muy larga, hecho que dificultaba la visión durante los aterrizajes, los despegues y los movimientos en tierra.
		El FD2 sirvió de base para los diseños de Fairey de interceptores avanzados todo tiempo, que fueron presentados al Ministerio del Aire, incluyendo el Fairey Delta 3 que fue diseñado para el requerimiento F.155, pero que nunca paso de los tableros de dibujo.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fairey_Delta_2#Dise.C3.B1o_y_desarrollo (450 words)

	Prototypes.com/Le Fairey Delta II et ses dérivés/III. Le Fairey Delta III
		Naturellement, Fairey a proposé quelques appareils supersoniques opérationnels basés sur le delta II.
		Fairey propose d'abord un dérivé du FD-2 équipé d'un réacteur De Havilland Gyron avec PC, plus un moteur-fusée Spectre de chaque côté du fuselage.
		Selon Fairey, l’appareil pouvait atteindre Mach 2,5 à 18 000 mètres d’altitude en employant le turboréacteur tandis que l’utilisation du moteur-fusée aurait permis d’atteindre l'altitude de 27 500 mètres).
	prototypes.free.fr /fd2/fd2-3.htm (827 words)

	F.D.2
		Ïðîáëåìîé òðåóãîëüíîãî êðûëà ôèðìà «Fairey» íà÷àëà çàíèìàòüñÿ óæå âî âðåìÿ âòîðîé ìèðîâîé âîéíû.
		âçëåòàåò âòîðîé F.D.2 è äîñòèãàåò ñâåðõçóêîâîé ñêîðîñòè â ïåðâîì æå ïîëåòå.
		íà ñàìîëåòå F.D.2 WG774 áûë óñòàíîâëåí ðåêîðä ñêîðîñòè íà áàçå 15 êì.
	www.testpilot.ru /uk/fairey/delta/2/fd2.htm (424 words)

	Warbird Alley: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
		Chosen to replace the A-1 Skyraider, the A-4's small design and light weight gave it the speed and power to exceed the Navy's specifications and fight on until today in air forces around the world.
		The delta wing aircraft houses its avionics in the nose, along with a pair of cannons for dealing with aerial adversaries.
		The wings hold the fuel tanks, and the Pratt and Whitney turbojet fits snugly in the fuselage.
	www.warbirdalley.com /a4.htm (454 words)

	Fairey FD2 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		To try to retrieve matters the Ministry of Supply issued a specification for a supersonic research aircraft, and Fairey set about meeting this with a delta-winged aircraft designed for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
		To improve the pilot's forward view during landing, taxiing and take-off, the cockpit and nose section could be hinged downwards by ten degrees.
		Fairey test-pilot Peter Twiss flew the first FD2, WG774, on its maiden flight on 6 October 1954.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /fairey-fd2.htm (0 words)

	The Fairey Owners Club
		The idea of the Fairey Huntress was the brainchild of Richard Fairey, son of Sir Richard.
		Back at Fairey Marine, it was decided to produce their own 23' cabin boat, Alan Burnard was given the task of designing it, which then became known as the 'Huntress'.
		The 'chief baddies' boat was driven by former world airspeed record holder Peter Twiss (1,132 mph in 1956 in a Fairey Delta 2 aircraft).
	www.faireyownersclub.co.uk /default.asp?content=boats&type=huntress (0 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - Fairey Delta 2
		FD2 undercarriage wasn't as long as the BAC 221's (which was needed because of greater angle of attack for low speeds with the ogee wing I believe) but it was really the very long nose and low canopy both necessary for the high speeds it was intended to achieve.
		The wing of the BAC 221 was new (retaining the existing spar structure), as was the air intake trunking, which went from the wing roots to over the wings.
		I've also got both in model form.The FD2 is the old Frog kit which is pretty accurate in dimensions and outlines and with a little work a nice model can be made from it.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?t=67574 (0 words)

	Confirm Delta Flight
		Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 - Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a flight that flew from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah.
		On the afternoon of August 2, 1985, Flight 191 crashed while on approach to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 8 of 11 crew members and 128 of the 152 passengers on board and 1 person on the ground.
		Fairey Delta 2 - The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 was a British supersonic research aircraft produced in response to a specification from the Ministry Of Supply for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
	po4.manitobatribal.com /confirmdeltaflight.html (0 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Post-WW2 British aircraft gallery
		The Firefly was derived from the Fairey Fulmar, and was designed as a fleet reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy.
		The FD2 was the first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph in level flight.
		The first FD2 #WG774 was flown on it's on its maiden flight by Lt Cdr Peter Twiss on 6 Oct 1954.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /fowler/index.php (0 words)

	Chicken Corner: Shepard Fairey
		Echo Park is once again featured in the Times with a Calendar Thursday cover story about Shepard Fairey, one of the few "guerrilla artists" to derive a living from it.
		Think "Obey." The subject of Cynthia Dea's Times story is public art that isn't so illegal it doesn't exist anymore by press time, with Fairey as her guide (there will be no further jokes about this perfectly good, somehow classic, South Carolina name).
		Fairey's is a stunning mural -- a piece of it is shown on Calendar Weekend's cover.
	www.laobserved.com /echopark/2007/01/shepard_fairey.php (0 words)

	Favourite military aircraft
		The museum has secured lottery funds to create a new exhibit that will bring XM598 in from the cold and reunite it with the Victor and a Valiant to recreate the V-Force.
		Joanne has taken a fancy to the Fairey Delta 2, a supersonic research aircraft that achieved a world air speed record of 1,132 mph in 1956.
		The first (WG774) was converted into a Bristol Type 221 (aka BAC 221) whose ogee delta wing design and droop nose were later used on Concorde.
	www.alanharding.com /Military/faveaircraft/faveaircraft.html (133 words)

	Aviation History Facts: March
		The fastest trans-continental crossing between Los Angeles and New York is accomplished in 2 hours 58.71 seconds at an average speed of 1,214.65 mph.
		The # 2 North America X-15 becomes the fist manned aircraft to exceed Mach 4 when pilot Capt. Robert M. White reaches a speed of 2,905 mph which, at the altitude of 77,450 ft., is Mach 4.43.
		The first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph (1,609 km/h) is an English Fairey Delta 2.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /user/fact_mar.htm (0 words)

	Fairey Delta 2 Inside Out [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums
		When I was at the FAAM, they had a contemporary colour film (on a TV loop by the a/c) of Twiss' 'drive to work' at the same speed as the flight - a remarkable period piece.
		BEagleBut the Mirage family are all descended from the FD2The 1st Mirage flew on June 25th 1954 (more inspired by the Convair Delta, initially), whereas the FD2 flew in October 1954.
		This was originally to accomodate the BAC 221 (aka FD2 Mk 2) but was retained 'just in case' after that project ended.
	www.pprune.org /forums/archive/index.php/t-211650.html (1417 words)

	eBay.co.uk - fairey, Model Kits, Prints, Postcards items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Obey /shepard fairey Tshirt brand new size M
		Obey /shepard fairey Tshirt brand new size L
		EARLY JETS OF THE RAF Fairey Delta 2 AW52 Bristol 188
	search.ebay.co.uk /fairey_W0QQfrtsZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3 (418 words)

	Times Past
		Neville Duke in the Hawker Hunter and Peter Twiss in his Fairey Delta were both much admired school boy test pilot heroes from those exciting times.
		It was therefore with particular interest that we heard about last autumn’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the air speed record on September 7th 1953 by Neville Duke who flew in a Hawker Hunter over our beach at an average speed of 727 mph.
		High above southern England, in the autumn of 1955, Peter Twiss flew the tiny Fairey Delta 2 effortlessly past the sound barrier and realised that this wonderful little aircraft had it in her to be a world beater.
	www.beachhutworld.com /article.asp?pageID=7 (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish Wood
		In 1944, it was a Fairey Swordfish that delivered the crippling blow to the German battleship Bismarck, a major event of World War 2.
		The model is hand crafted from kiln dried mahogany, and accurately hand painted using up to 35 coats of lacquer.
		A Bravo Delta model is a true collectors piece.
	www.grandprixlegends.com /AircraftSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=BD010(GPL_BaseCatalog) (0 words)

	CollectAir
		Fairey Fireflies and the first prototype Fairey Spearfish bask in the winter sunlight as a Dragon Rapide taxies out for takeoff." This is a view looking north-west toward the industrial area bordering the rail line and canal.
		In 1944 the Fairey Aviation Company constructed additional hangars near the old Heston Aircraft facility and used the field for test work - it became inadequate for testing the Firefly and they moved out by late 1947 - the Fairey hangars were visible with the Fairey name until around 1980.
		My mother worked in Fairey's accounts at Heston in the late 50s, and I recall the immense pride when their Fairey Delta 2 broke the world speed record.
	www.commercemarketplace.com /home/CollectAir/woodason.html (16279 words)

	The Brighter Side of History - March 10
		The Fairey Delta 2 (FD2) was the first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph in level flight.
		The first FD2 was flown on it's on its maiden flight by Lt Cdr Peter Twiss on October 6, 1954.
		Direct observations of the rings from earth had not been possible, because the rings are lost in the planet's glare as seen through terrestrial optical telescopes.
	amug.org /~jpaul/mar10.html (2487 words)

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