FS2004® & FS2002® Aircraft Model constructed in FSDS 2.24 .
Painted using Paint Shop Pro.
| BAC Jet Provost T mk5 & Strikemaster |
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Strikemaster as such first flew on the 26th October 1967, and the Mk.83 variant
on the 17th December 1969. But these dates hardly represent the birth of the
type. On the contrary, the reverse is in fact the case. It could be said that it
all started on the 26th June 1954, when the Jet Provost made its first flight,
but even this aeroplane was not new! The jet Provost had been designed to use as
many components as possible – notably the wing and tail unit – of the piston
engined Provost, first flown on the 23rd February 1950. The evolution can
therefore be traced from the Provost to the Strikemaster.
The P.56 Provost, designed at Luton under the direction of Leslie G. Frise for the original Percival Aircraft Company, was the answer to the RAF's first post war specification, T.16/48, for a basic trainer. It was chosen for production in early 1951 and a total of 387 were eventually built. The possibility of building a jet-powered version of the Provost began to interest the Percival factory and a model of such an aircraft was shown at the 1952 SBAC Display. With a self imposed target of retaining 70 percent of the Provost's structure, the Percival designers found that modifications of the fuselage to accept a small turbojet engine would be relatively simple. A turbojet engine of about 1 500 lbs. thrust was found at Armstrong Siddeley Motor's Coventry works in April 1951. This engine, the ASV.5, originally designed for an expendable target drone, was adopted for use in the Jet Provost and designated as a Viper 101. Design work on the P.84 Jet Provost started as a private venture but was endorsed by the RAF when the Ministry of Supply (then responsible for military aircraft procurement in Britain) placed a contract for 10 pre-production aircraft. In the first of these, the chief test pilot of what had then become Hunting Percival Aircraft Ltd, R G Wheldon, made the first flight on the 26th June 1954. Full-scale evaluation led to the RAF ordered the definitive T Mk 3. Production for the RAF was completed by mid 1964, but export markets were found for versions of the T Mk 3 and T Mk 4. These armed variants were all designed and built at Luton, where Hunting Aircraft had succeeded Hunting Percival and had in turn been absorbed into the British Aircraft Corporation. Further development of the airframe was undertaken to introduce a pressure cockpit and an uprated engine, as well as tip tanks for extra fuel. These entered service as the T Mk 5. A BAC 166 was produced as a test bed for the Viper 20 and a new wing. Finally came the Strikemaster as the BAC 167 with all the capabilities already described. The Jet Provost T5
was the final development of the first basic trainer in the world to go into
service. As military flying development in the 1960s, the increased emphasis
given to work at high altitude placed a severe physiological strain on
aircrew unless a pressurised cockpit was provided. In 1964 the original
designers of the Jet Provost responded to the need for a pressurised version
and began private work on the design. The Jet Provost T5 differed externally
from earlier versions by a re-designed hood and a more bulbous shape to
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Update
24/10/04
just placed here as i'm getting a ton of e mails asking where it can be found. Also adds a new Livereys below. Unzip to your FS2004 folder. FSDS2
Hunting/BAC Jet Provost T.Mk5 v 2.0 for FS2004 & 2002.
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Jet Provost T5 Paint Kit in .psd format
for use in Paint shop Pro or
Adobe Photoshop. |
ignore herald picture as I have not made screen yet.(1.3 mb file size) (Click on the picture to download)
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Panel By
Saverio Maurri
This model is for Both
Full Package released 31/10/03.
| Note to FS2002 users: Model Compatibility |
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(Sorry but answering 20 messages a day about these minor problems is getting
me down) This model was built for FS2004 but works in FS2002 with some minor problems GPS does not work in FS2002 & Oil Pressure & Jetpipe Temp gauges are non functional. All my new models will be built for FS2004 but should still be useable in FS2002 I can no longer build 2 separate models for the 2 Sims as it is too hard already to find the time needed to make all this free stuff. Please no barrage of e mail complaints about this decision. Regards Rick |
Includes Panel + Manual + suitable sounds + Automatic wingtip trails when @ high G + Dynamic engine exhaust effects + Custom lighting effects etc.
Full moving parts inc opening canopy + moving trim tabs + detailed gear & suspension.
A special Thank you to my main tester/Researcher Dave Booker for all the hours spent working things out with the Jet Provost.
Flight dynamics developed with real RAF ex Jet Provost Pilots (Thanks to Dave Booker, Paulga, Tonks & Brian Withers).
Panel & Manual by Saverio Maurri.
Sounds By Aaron Swindle of Skysong Sound works.
Press "O" key for Dark Visor & oxygen mask deployment.
In progress
| In the paintshop |
| In Progress T Mk.5 based @ 1 fts RAF Linton-on-Ouse + blue top seen at British Airshows in the 90's |
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 John May is working on an AFCAD 2 file for RAF Cranwell that uses the Jet Provost as AI (I was surprised that it worked). I am working on a more simple model for Ai use.
Scenery By Steve Anderson of RAFAirfields & Visual Flight's excellent photographic VFR scenery visualflight |
| Hunting BAC Jet Provost T Mk.5 based @ RAF Cranwell 1988 ish. |
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