Country of Origin. UK.
Similar Aircraft.
Nimrod,
P-3C Orion.
Crew. Twelve.
Role. Surveillance,
ASW.
Armament. None.
Dimensions. Length: 126 ft, 7 in (38.6 m). Span: 114 ft, 8 in (35 m).
Wings. Low-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips. Wide wing roots. External
fuel tanks in wings extend beyond the wings’leading edges.
Engine(s). Four turbojets mounted in the wing roots. Oval air intakes. Exhausts are to the rear of the trailing edges of the wings.
Fuselage. Cigar-shaped with rounded nose and and tapered rear section. Rounded tail boom. Stepped cockpit.
Tail. Fin is equally tapered with an ECM pod mounted at the top. Large angular fairing. Flats are
high-mounted on the fuselage and back-tapered with a positive slant.
UK.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 11 September 2000 |