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.
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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
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British
Aerospace
(Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50
- SAAF No 422 - The tail cone of
the aircraft open, which also acts as
air-brakes.
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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.
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British
Aerospace
(Hawker Siddley) Buccaneer S Mk 50
- South African Air force - On
the flightline at Air Force Base
Zwartkop.
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