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Supermarine Scimitar, the Glossary

The Supermarine Scimitar is a single-seat naval strike aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine.^[1]

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1950s British fighter aircraft
Supermarine aircraft

ADEN cannon

The Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN cannon (ADEN being an acronym for "Armament Development, Enfield") is a 30 mm revolver cannon used on many military aircraft, particularly those of the British Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm.

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Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.

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AGM-12 Bullpup

The AGM-12 Bullpup is a short-range air-to-ground missile developed by Martin Marietta for the US Navy.

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Aileron

An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.

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AIM-9 Sidewinder

The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile.

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Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Airwork Services

Airwork Limited, also referred to during its history as Airwork Services Limited, is a wholly owned subsidiary company of VT Group plc.

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Arresting gear

An arresting gear, or arrestor gear, is a mechanical system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands.

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England.

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Blackburn Buccaneer

The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Supermarine Scimitar and Blackburn Buccaneer are carrier-based aircraft and Twinjets.

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Blown flap

Blown flaps, blown wing or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight characteristics.

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Cabin pressurization

Cabin pressurization is a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft in order to create a safe and comfortable environment for humans flying at high altitudes.

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Dassault Étendard IV

The Dassault Étendard IV is a transonic carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation. Supermarine Scimitar and Dassault Étendard IV are carrier-based aircraft.

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De Havilland Sea Venom

The de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. Supermarine Scimitar and de Havilland Sea Venom are 1950s British fighter aircraft and carrier-based aircraft.

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De Havilland Sea Vixen

The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Supermarine Scimitar and de Havilland Sea Vixen are 1950s British fighter aircraft, carrier-based aircraft and Twinjets.

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Dive brake

Dive brakes or dive flaps are deployed to slow down an aircraft when in a dive.

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Elevator (aeronautics)

Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.

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Empire State Aerosciences Museum

The Empire State Aerosciences Museum (commonly referred to as ESAM) is a non-profit museum which strives to "educate, entertain and excite with experiences in air and space".

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Farnborough, Hampshire

Farnborough is a town located in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England.

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Flap (aeronautics)

A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight.

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Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN).

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Fleet Air Arm Museum

The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation.

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Fleet Requirements Unit

The Airwork Fleet Requirements Unit (FRU) was a civilian-operated unit of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm managed by Airwork Limited.

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Flight deck

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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HMS Ark Royal (R09)

HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier.

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HMS Centaur (R06)

HMS Centaur was the first of the four light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Eagle (R05)

HMS Eagle was an of the Royal Navy, in service 1951–1972.

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HMS Victorious (R38)

HMS Victorious was the third ''Illustrious''-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable.

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Hursley House

Hursley House is an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in Hursley, near Winchester in the English county of Hampshire.

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Intrepid Museum

The Intrepid Museum (originally the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum) is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.

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Leading edge

The leading edge is the part of the wing that first contacts the air;Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 305.

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Maiden flight

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power.

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McDonnell F3H Demon

The McDonnell F3H Demon is a subsonic swept-wing carrier-based jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Supermarine Scimitar and McDonnell F3H Demon are carrier-based aircraft.

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MOD Boscombe Down

MoD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.

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Navy News

Navy News is the official newspaper of the British Royal Navy, produced by a small team of editorial and support staff and published by the Ministry of Defence on a monthly basis.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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RAF Lossiemouth

Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland.

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Raigmore Hospital

Raigmore Hospital (Ospadal an Rathaig Mhòir) is a health facility located in Inverness, Scotland.

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Red Beard (nuclear weapon)

Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon.

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Rolls-Royce Avon

The Rolls-Royce Avon was the first axial flow jet engine designed and produced by Rolls-Royce.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Solent Sky

Solent Sky (previously known as the Southampton Hall of Aviation) is an aviation museum in Southampton, England.

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South Marston

South Marston is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Stall (engine)

A stall is the slowing or stopping of a process and in the case of an engine refers to a sudden stopping of the engine turning, usually brought about accidentally.

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Supermarine

Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. Supermarine Scimitar and Supermarine are Supermarine aircraft.

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Supermarine 525

The Supermarine Type 525 was a British prototype naval jet fighter aircraft of the 1950s. Supermarine Scimitar and Supermarine 525 are 1950s British fighter aircraft and Supermarine aircraft.

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Supermarine Attacker

The Supermarine Attacker is a British single-seat naval jet fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer Supermarine for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Supermarine Scimitar and Supermarine Attacker are carrier-based aircraft and Supermarine aircraft.

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Swept wing

A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.

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Tail warning radar

A tail warning radar, sometimes TW for short, was a short-lived class of aircraft-mounted radar systems used to provide warning of another aircraft approaching from the rear.

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Trailing edge

The trailing edge of an aerodynamic surface such as a wing is its rear edge, where the airflow separated by the leading edge meets.

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Tricycle landing gear

Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion.

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Turbojet

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.

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V-tail

The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tailGudmundsson S. (2013). "General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures" (Reprint). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 489., 9780123973290) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional vertical and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration.

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Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)

The Westland Whirlwind helicopter was a British licence-built version of the U.S. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw.

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736 Naval Air Squadron

736 Naval Air Squadron (736 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

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800 Naval Air Squadron

800 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No's 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights.

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803 Naval Air Squadron

803 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.

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804 Naval Air Squadron

804 Naval Air Squadron (804 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy, formed in November 1939 from part of 769 NAS Sea Gladiators which had been detached to RNAS Hatston.

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807 Naval Air Squadron

807 Naval Air Squadron (807 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Scimitar

Also known as Supermarine 508, Supermarine 529, Supermarine Scimitar F.1, Supermarine Type 505, Supermarine Type 508, Supermarine Type 525, Supermarine Type 529, Supermarine Type 537, Supermarine Type 543, Supermarine Type 544, Supermarine Type 544 Scimitar F.1, Supermarine Type 555, Supermarine Type 556, Supermarine Type 558, Supermarine Type 560, Supermarine Type 561, Supermarine Type 562, Supermarine Type 563, Supermarine Type 565, Supermarine Type 566, Supermarine Type 567, Supermarine Type 572, Supermarine Type 574, Supermarine Type 576.

, Supermarine 525, Supermarine Attacker, Swept wing, Tail warning radar, Trailing edge, Tricycle landing gear, Turbojet, V-tail, Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), 736 Naval Air Squadron, 800 Naval Air Squadron, 803 Naval Air Squadron, 804 Naval Air Squadron, 807 Naval Air Squadron.

Supermarine Scimitar, the Glossary

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See also

1950s British fighter aircraft

Supermarine aircraft

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