Westland Welkin - Wikipedia
The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven" or the upper atmosphere. [1]
Westland Welkin - Military Factory
2019年1月21日 · With its origins in the Westland Whirlwind, the Westland Welkin (meaning "Vault of Heaven") was a twin-engined fighter designed as a high-altitude interceptor to defend against another possible Luftwaffe bombing campaign against the English mainland.
Westland Welkin
The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning 'the vault of heaven' or the upper atmosphere.
Scaling New Heights: The Westland Welkin - HistoryNet
2017年8月22日 · Aircraft don’t come much more extreme looking than the Westland Welkin. With its glider-like high-aspect-ratio wings, big engine nacelles and stubby nose, the Welkin was designed for a highly specialized mission: very-high-altitude interception.
Westland Welkin: Britain’s High-Flying Guardian - Jets ’n’ Props
2023年7月17日 · The Westland Welkin fighter, whose name basically meant “sky,” “heavens,” or “upper air” in Old English, was created during the Second World War to defend Britain against Germany’s highest-flying aircraft.
Westland Welkin | World War Photos
The planned counter-weapon was the Westland Welkin, the prototype of which still had not flown when the Ju 86Ps made their operational debut. On 9 January 1941, Westland was authorised by the Ministry of Aircraft Production to proceed with two prototypes of its P.14 design for a twin-engined high-altitude fighter, in compliance with ...
The RAF’s Firmament Fighter - Kaiserslautern American
2011年2月25日 · On Jan. 9, 1941, the Westland Aviation Company offered an adaptation of Westland’s twin engine Whirlwind fighter to meet the specification. The Ministry of Aircraft Production authorized the building of two prototypes, called the Welkin, an archaic English word that meant the highest celestial sphere.
Westland Welkin: Photos, History, Specification
The Westland Welkin (meaning "Dome of Heaven") originated from the Westland Whirlwind and was a twin-engine fighter jet designed as a high-altitude interceptor to defend against another possible bombing raid on mainland England by the Luftwaffe.
Westland Welkin Airplane Videos and Airplane Pictures
The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven".
Westland Welkin - fighter
Conceived as a two-seater with six 20-mm cannon armament, the P.14 went ahead as a four-cannon single-seater with a pressurized cockpit. Revised to conform to F.7/41, and thus competing with the Vickers Type 432, the P.14, to be named the Welkin, first flew on 1 …
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