British military aircraft
Westland Wyvern
The Westland Wyvern is a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing service in the 1956 Suez Crisis. Production Wyverns were powered by a turboprop engine driving large and distinctive contra-rotating propellers, and could carry aerial torpedoes.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Westland Aircraft
- First flight
- 1946-12-16
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 333 kt
- Max speed
- 383 kt
- Range
- 790 nm
- Service ceiling
- 28,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 2,350 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 24,550 lb
- Empty weight
- 15,600 lb
- Powerplant
- Armstrong Siddeley Python
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 42.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 44 ft
- Height
- 15.8 ft
- Number built
- 127
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.