VERSIONS – P.1067, F.Mk.1, F.Mk.2, F.Mk.3, F.Mk.4, F.Mk.5, F.Mk.6/6A
1 x Rolls-Royce RA.7R Avon
Mk.114 afterburning turbojet
No armament/
gun pack
Clamshell airbrakes added
to each side of tailpipe
Revised 'bullet'
nose profile
Enlarged tailpipe with
raked exhaust profile
P.1067 prototype modified for speed record attempt,
details as P.1067 unless otherwise indicated
Airbrake actuator
fairing
Raked windshield
Air speed record achieved by Sqn Ldr
Neville Duke in WB188 on 7 September
1953 averaging 1,171 km/h (727.6 mph,
632.26 kt) at low altitude over three
runs off the Sussex, UK coast
Martin Baker Mk.2H ejector seat
F.Mk.3 WB188
Production aircraft, details as P.1067 unless otherwise indicated
1 x Armstrong Whitworth AS Sa6
Sapphire Mk.101 turbojet
4 x 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannons
with 150 rounds per gun in single
removable gun pack
Ventral air brake
Additional cartridge
link collector fairings
'Sabrinas'
Mk.5 gyro gun sight
Deflector boxes
fitted to gun
muzzles
Fuel system modified
restricting fuel flow
when guns fired to
counter engine surging
Martin Baker Mk.2H/3H ejector seat
Ekco gun ranging radar
F.Mk.2
Revised Mk.6, details as F.Mk.6 unless otherwise indicated
Cutaway inboard section to flaps to
accommodate larger inboard fuel tanks
Revised tailcone with fairing for
4.1 m (13 ft 6 in) brake chute
F.Mk.6A
Production aircraft, details as P.1067 unless otherwise indicated
1 x Rolls-Royce RA.7 Avon Mk.113 turbojet
4 x 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannons
with 150 rounds per gun in single
removable gun pack
Ventral air brake added from 19th production
airframe onwards (see F.Mk.2)
Cartridge link collector
fairings 'Sabrinas'
retrofitted later
(See F.Mk.2)
Martin Baker Mk.2H/3H ejector seat
Deflector boxes
fitted to gun
muzzles
Fuel system modified
restricting fuel flow
when guns fired to
counter engine surging
Ekco gun ranging radar
MK.5 gyro gunsight
F.Mk.1
Details as F.Mk.4 unless otherwise indicated
1 x Rolls-Royce RA.28 Avon Mk.207 turbojet
Additional comms antenna
Revised tailcone for
larger jet exhaust pipe
IFF antenna
Definitive shape to
gun blast deflectors
Repositioned fuselage
tanks with increased
internal fuel capacity
Mod 228 wing with additional 'wet' outboard
pylon for 454 lt, (100 Imp gal, 120 US gal)
underwing tank with inboard 'wet' pylon for
1,045 lt, (230 Imp gal, 276 US gal) tank
New AVPIN engine starter system
Outer wing leading edge extended increasing
wing area and forming dogtooth at half span
Flying tail introduced
later in production run
F.Mk.6/F.Mk.56/F.Mk.58
Detachable rear
fuselage break line
Rearward sliding bubble canopy
Three-part windshield
Single refuelling point
in port wheel bay
Powered, half-
span ailerons
Tail
bumper
Detachable
tail pipe
Ballast in gun pack compartment
Half span split flap
doubling as airbrake
Pressurised, air
conditioned cockpit
Swept 42º, powered, variable-
incidence tailplane with full-
span, powered elevators
Mid-mounted wing with 44º leading
edge sweep and slight anhedral
Triangular wing root intakes
Tailplane set on
lower part of fin
Curved 47.5º swept fin with low set
tailplane and rudder with trim tab
Trailing edge bullet fairing at
fin/tailplane intersection
NACA-style cooling inlets
Thin dorsal spine
1 x Rolls-Royce RA.4 Avon Mk.104 turbojet
NACA-style cooling inlets
Martin Baker Mk.2H ejector seat
1 x hardpoint
under each wing
Pitot on port wing
P.1067 WB188
Details as F.Mk.2 unless otherwise indicated
F.Mk.4 Early: 1 x Rolls-Royce RA.7 Avon Mk.113/115 turbojet
Later: 1 x Rolls-Royce RA.7 Avon Mk.119/120/121 turbojet
F.Mk.5:1 x Armstrong Whitworth AS Sa6 Sapphire Mk.101 turbojet
Additional 8 fuel tanks in wing leading
edges increasing internal fuel capacity
Strengthened wings with additional
'wet' wing pylon for 454 lt, (100 Imp gal,
120 US gal) underwing tank
Twin DME azimuth antennas
VHF antenna on
upper wing surface
Increased payload capacity
Rear fuel tank deleted
F.Mk.4/F.Mk.5/
F.Mk.50/F.Mk.51
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