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South African Air Force

British Aerospace (Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50


Role:  Low-level Strike

Powerplant:  Two 11,255lb (5105kg) Rolls Royce Spey 101 turbofans

Maximum Speed:  645mph (1038kmh)

Range with weapons:  2,300miles (3700km)

Endurance with two inflight refuellings: 9 hours

Service Ceiling:  Over 40,000ft (12200mt)

Maximum takeoff weight:  28,123kg

Wing Span:  44ft 0in (13,41mt)

Wing Span Folded:  19ft 11in (6,07mt)

Length:  64ft 5in

Height:  16ft 3in (4,95mt)

Wing Area:  514,7sq ft (47.82sq mt)

Armament: 

- Seventy two 68mm Rockets, in four pods under the wings, and Four 460kg bombs in the rotating bomb bay.
- Eight 460kg bombs, Four in the bomb bay and four under the wings.
- Twenty 250kg low-drag bombs, Eight in the bomb bay and Twelve under the wings.

British Aerospace (Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50 of 24 Squadron - South African Air Force - Now displayed at the South African Museum of Military History - Johannesburg

British Aerospace (Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50 -  SAAF No 422 - The tail cone of the aircraft open, which also acts as air-brakes.

British Aerospace (Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50 -  SAAF No 422. The probe on the nose of the aircraft was to link up with a "tanker" aircraft, during air-to-air refuelling.

British Aerospace (Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50 -  South African Air force - On the flightline at Air Force Base Zwartkop.

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