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Blackburn
B.109
A model of a proposed development of the
Buccaneer strike aircraft (which saw service
initially with the Royal Navy and later the RAF)
aimed at the Canadian Armed Forces. The
B.109 was an unsolicited proposal made against a
declared need for a new interceptor and strike
aircraft. The aircraft was to be powered
by two Rolls-Royce Avon RB.146 engines with
reheat, to have a lengthened fuselage and
non-folding wings with reduced outboard
thickness : all of which combined to raise the
top speed to Mach 1.65. The result was a
good looking aircraft but the proposal aroused
insufficient interest from the Canadians and no
prototype was ever produced..
The model, which is in 1:48 scale and dates from
1959, is almost certainly a one-off, made
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