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Jetex was developed in 1947, by Wilmot, Mansour & Company Ltd of Southampton, which had started operations in a decommissioned hangar at RAF Beaulieu. [1] The first motor was demonstrated in early 1948 and was available to the public in June 1948, when Aeromodeller magazine featured Jetex power on its front cover. [2]
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns. The system is unusual as it uses a manual optical guidance system, sending guidance commands to the missile in flight over a radio link.
Despite the extra money and time spent on the Rapier, it was not wholly in vain; the North American A-5 Vigilante supersonic carrier-based nuclear strike bomber developed for the U.S. Navy, which was later modified into a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, retained the fuselage/weapon package and systems design of the Rapier. In many ways ...
The company started as iron founders in 1794 and expanded in Victorian times to include coal and iron mining. They diversified into equipment manufacture and in 1947 the company started producing the American brands of Koehring excavators under the Newton Chambers Koehring name, [2] and in 1958 they took over Ransomes & Rapier building excavators, drag-lines, port cranes and other construction ...
UB.109T, better known as Red Rapier, was a British cruise missile project calling for a system able to deliver a 5,000 lb (2.27 tonne) conventional warhead within 100 yards [a] of its target at over 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) range while travelling at 600 mph (970 km/h) at 50,000 ft (15,000 m).
The Canadian Forces have leased aircraft from vendors to help transport troops and equipment from Canada and other locations in the past decade. Transport aircraft have been leased as required. Despite RCAF marking all aircraft have civilian registration numbers. Beechcraft B300 Super King Air. Two aircraft leased from Transwest Air Limited.
AFVs produced in Canada. LAV family of wheeled armoured vehicles: AVGP: Cougar, Grizzly and Husky 6×6 armoured vehicles - based on the MOWAG Piranha; LAV-25 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the United States Marine Corps; Bison APC 8×8; Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle 8×8
As standard, the Rapier is powered by a Cummins C260-21 turbocharged six-cylinder engine and has an Allison MCDR five-speed automatic transmission. The Rapier's suspension uses "race car technology" such as a double-wishbone and coil springs with telescopic dampers, and the gearing allows a governed top speed of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h). [6]