Specifications (Gloster Javelin FAW Mk 9)
Data from Thunder and Lightnings
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and radar operator
- Length: 56 ft 9 in (17.15 m)
- Wingspan: 52 ft (15.85 m)
- Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
- Wing area: 927 ft² (86 m²)
- Empty weight: 24,000 lb (10,886 kg)
- Loaded weight: 31,580 lb (14,325 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 43,165 lb (19,580 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 7R turbojets, 12,300 lbf (54 kN) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 610 knots at sea level (710 mph 1,140 km/h)
- Range: 954 mi (1,530 km)
- Service ceiling: 52,800 ft (15,865 m)
- Rate of climb: 5,400 ft/min (27.45 m/s)
- Wing loading: 34 lb/ft² (166 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.79
Armament
- Guns: 4x 30 mm ADEN cannons
- Missiles: Up to four de Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missiles
Avionics
- Westinghouse AN/APQ-43 radar
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