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The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name.
The LWCLU was born out of an idea that the 1990s-era Javelin CLU could be made smaller and lighter due to advances in modern electronics and battery power. The original CLU weighed 14.16 pounds.
The ATG Javelin was an American small high-speed personal jet that was developed by the Aviation Technology Group (ATG) prior to its bankruptcy. Planned for FAA certification under 14 CFR part 23, the Javelin had a design resembling a fighter aircraft, an unusual concept for civilian jets.
The first building was a 21,600-square-foot (2,010 m 2) facility, and was being used by ATG Flight Operations to manufacture four FAA conforming Javelin aircraft as well as serving as test facility headquarters. The adjacent building was being used to assemble production aircraft.
The thin-wing Javelin refers to a series of design studies for an improved supersonic-capable version of the Gloster Javelin aircraft. Depending on the source, it is also known as F.153D , after its Air Ministry issued Operational Requirement , or the Super Javelin in some Gloster documents.
The company specialized in the design and manufacture of homebuilt aircraft in the form of plans for amateur construction. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company was noted for its Javelin V6 STOL , which took a standard certified Piper PA-20 Pacer airframe and provided plans to replace the powerplant with a Ford Motor Company V6 engine of 210 to 300 hp (157 ...
Derived from an original design by B.J. Schramm, the Schramm Javelin evolved into the Schramm Scorpion, both of which were developed by the Schramm Aircraft Company.A new company, RotorWay Aircraft Inc., was formed to market and produce plans and kits for the Scorpion, described as a production version of the earlier Javelin. [1]
The Javelin used a 40 hp (30 kW) motorcycle engine, and was the forerunner of RotorWay's first production helicopter, the Scorpion, which was offered in 1967. [ 6 ] The Scorpion, priced at $6,300 (not including the cost of the engine), was the first real kit helicopter on the market that flew.