| Manufacturer |
Blackburn Aircraft |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Description |
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). |
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) is a modified F-15 Eagle. |
| First Flight |
1958-04-30 |
1988-09-07 |
| Entry Into service |
1962-07-17 |
|
| Service End |
1994-03-31 |
1991-08-15 |
| Designer |
Blackburn Aircraft |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Type |
Maritime strike aircraft |
Technology Demonstrator and Research Aircraft |
| Length (m) |
19.2024 |
19.42 |
| Height (m) |
4.8768 |
5.64 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
1074.159 |
2124.334 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
12192 |
18288 |
| Armament |
4 × under-wing pylon stations for up to 12000 lb of bombs, and 1 × internal rotating bomb bay |
|
| Capacity Description |
|
17,000 lb (7,112 kg) |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.95 |
2 |
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
United States of America |
| Number Built |
211 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce Spey Mk.101 turbofan engines |
2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofan engines, equipped with 20° three-dimensional thrust vectoring P/YBBN, 79 kN thrust each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, South African Air Force |
United States Air Force, NASA |
| Status |
|
Retired from both NASA and military service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
13.4112 |
13 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
47.7522 |
56.5 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Pratt & Whitney F100 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |