Handley Page Victor

HP.80 Victor
	RAF Victor
Vloga	Strateški bombnik
Izvor	Združeno kraljestvo
Proizvajalec/-ci	Handley Page Limited
Oblikovalec	Reginald Stafford
Krstni polet	2. december 1952
Predstavljen	April 1958
Upokojen	1993
Glavni uporabnik	Kraljeve letalske sile
Izdelovan	1952−1963
Število izdelanih	86

Handley Page Victor je bil britanski štirimotorni reaktivni bombnik iz obdobja hladne vojne. Zasnovalo in proizvajalo ga je podjetje Handley Page Aircraft Company. Victor je bil tretji in zadnji V-bombnik, ostala dva sta bila Avro Vulcan in Vickers Valiant. Leta 1968 so ga prenehali uporabljati kot jedrski bombnik, je pa ostal v uporabi kot konvencionalni bombnik do leta 1993. Victor se je uporabljal tudi kot leteči tanker, dokler ga nista nadomestila Vickers VC10 in Lockheed Tristar.

Specifikacije(Handley Page Victor B.1)

Podatki iz Handley Page Aircraft since 1907;Barnes 1976, p. 529.

Splošne karakteristike

Posadka: 5
Dolžina: 114 ft 11 in (35,05 m)
Razpon kril: 110 ft 0 in (33,53 m)
Višina: 28 ft 1½ in (8.57 m)
Teža praznega letala: 89030 lb (40468 kg)
Maks. vzletna teža: 205000 lb (93182 kg)
Pogon letala: 4 × Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire A.S.Sa.7 turboreaktivni motor, 11050 lb_f (49,27 kN) vsak

Zmogljivost

Maks. hitrost: 627 mph (545 vozlov, 1,009 km/h) na višini 36000 ft (11000 m)
Doseg: 6000 milj (5217 nmi, 9660 km)
Višina leta: 56000 ft (17000 m)

Oborožitev

Dp 35 × 450 kg bomb ali

1× prostopadajoča jedrska bomba

Glej tudi

Handley Page HP.88, Britansko eksperimentalno letalo
Avro Vulcan
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
Short Sperrin
Tupolev Tu-16/Xian H-6
Vickers Valiant

Bibliografija

ap Rees, Elfan. "Handley Page Victor: Part 1". Air Pictorial, May 1972, Vol. 34, No 5., pp. 162–167.
ap Rees, Elfan. "Handley Page Victor: Part 2". Air Pictorial, June 1972, Vol. 34, No 6., pp. 220–226.
Ashworth, Chris (1989). Encyclopedia of Modern Royal Air Force Squadrons. Wellingborough, UK: Partick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-013-6.
Barnes, C.H. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 0-370-00030-7.
Bull, Stephen. Encyclopedia of Military Technology And Innovation. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. ISBN 978-1-57356-557-8.
Butler, Phil and Tony Buttler. Aerofax: Handley-Page Victor. Midland Publishing, 2009. ISBN 1-85780-311-6.
Buttler, Tony. "Vital Bombers: Origins of the RAF's 'V-Bomber' Force". Air Enthusiast, No. 79, January/February 1999, pp. 28–41. ISSN 0143-5450.
Brookes, Andrew. Victor Units of the Cold War. Osprey Publishing, 2011. ISBN 1-84908-339-8.
Darling, Kev. RAF Strike Command 1968 -2007: Aircraft, Men and Action. Casemate Publishers, 2012. ISBN 1-84884-898-6.
Donald, David. "Warplane Classic: Handley Page Victor." International Airpower Review, Issue 25, 2008, pp. 124–153. Westport, CT: AIRtime Publishing. ISSN 1473-9917.
Fraser-Mitchell, Harry. "Database: Handley Page Victor". Aeroplane, Vol. 37, No. 7, July 2009, pp. 73–94. ISSN 0143-7240.
Gunston, Bill. Bombers of the West. London: Ian Allan, 1973, pp. 78–102. ISBN 0-7110-0456-0.
Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 1". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 1, January 1981, pp. 4–9. ISSN 0143-7240.
Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 2". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 2, February 1981, pp. 60–65. ISSN 0143-7240.
Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 3". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 3, March 1981, pp. 136–139, 142–146. ISSN 0143-7240.
Leich, Andy. "V Force Nuclear Arsenal: Weapons for the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan". Air Enthusiast, No. 107, September/October 2003, pp. 52–59. ISSN 0143-5450.
Mason, Francis K. (1994). The British Bomber since 1914. London: Putnam. ISBN 9780851778617.
Middleton, Don. "Testing the Victor". Air Enthusiast, Fifty-Two, Winter 1993. pp. 60–75. ISSN 0143-5450.
Rodwell, Robert R. "Lo-Hi Victor: Mixed Mission over Malaya". Flight, 6 May 1965. pp. 700–703.
Rodwell, Robert R. "The Steel in the Blue: Last Week's Glimpse of the V-force". Flight, 13 February 1964, pp. 241–245.
"Victor: A Technical Description of Britain's Latest V-Bomber." Flight, 30 October 1959, pp. 463–472.
Windle, Dave and Martin Bowman. V Bombers: Vulcan, Valiant and Victor, Casemate Publishers, 2009. ISBN 1-84415-827-6.
Wynn, Humphrey. RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces: Origins, Roles and Deployment 1946-1969. London: The Stationery Office, 1997. ISBN 0-11-772833-0.

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