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BLACKBURN BUCCANEER
PICTURES - FUSELAGE

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This page last updated on 28th February 2004

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As the Buccaneer had so many different colour schemes, I've tried to show off a variety here at the same time as merely showing the intricacies of hardware itself.

NOSE AND INTAKES

  1. Coventry's Midland Air Museum has the nose of a Buccaneer S.2B XX899. This shot shows the top of the intakes. This area is overlooked on all the available model kits and looks smooth in them; in fact there are is a prominent hole and small fairing on each intake (port side similar).
  2. XW547's lower starboard nose, showing the well-weathered Operation Granby paint scheme.
  3. Fine view of XW547's nose again, lovely artwork!
  4. XV333's starboard nose, this time showing the wealth of detail around the area of the radome fold line and nose gear.
  5. Coventry's Bucc again, showing the canopy windshield and refuelling probe angle.
  6. Coventry's Bucc again, showing that refuelling probe angle from dead ahead.
  7. XV333's port lower nose, showing the various aerials here.
  8. XW547's port nose.
  9. Close-up on the first stage of XV333's port Spey engine. While the intake interior was usually in white, the colour of the dome at the centre of the blades would start out white but turn a burnt brown colour over time, and wouldn't even necessarily match the colour on the other engine (XV333's starboard Spey is the burnt brown colour).

PORT FUSELAGE

  1. XX900 at Bruntingthorpe; port intake side showing the fire access hatch and the 12 Squadron 'fox' logo, along with the open engine access door.
  2. General view of XW547 from port rear quarter. Note the drooped flaps; they would usually be in this position when the aircraft was parked. The tail bumper is also usually down.
  3. Similar view but further back and zoomed in, showing the open airbrake. The small 'aerial' to the right of the tail bumper is a fuel dumping pipe.
  4. XV333's port exhaust. Jet pipe temperature probes very evident; note that these curve forward at their tips into the exhaust flow. Also note the small vent at "2 o'clock". This starts off as a fairing within the jet pipe but then goes through it to come out on the other side.
  5. XV333's fuel dump vent. The fairing is an aerofoil and ends with this oval plate which has two vent holes in it. Both are quite roughly finished.
  6. XV333's tail fin, forward edge, showing that large natural metal-finished aerial.

STARBOARD FUSELAGE

  1. XV333's lower starboard nose, showing the small scoop intake below the main intake. That bulged panel on the fuselage side is a distinct Buccaneer trait and very noticeable.
  2. XW547's open airbrake viewed from directly behind. This unusual split tailcone airbrake was in part designed as a useful space-saving measure for carrier operations.
  3. XV333 has her airbrake tightly closed; this is the bottom part of it showing how the two strakes along the bottom (similar strakes on top) meet. Much rivetting in evidence here! The white blob is a light just behind the chaff/flare dispenser mounting.
  4. XW547's starboard rear fuselage. Note the prop holding the folded wing in place. This aircraft may be weathered, but it's very clean - Buccaneers soon built up a layer of soot on their rear fuselages...
  5. ...like this! XX867 seen at the 1993 International Air Tattoo. In fact, the staining got so bad that it was difficult to make out the serial, which is why the last three digits are repeated on the fin.
  6. XV333's starboard jetpipe. Mirror image of the port one.
  7. Closer look at XV333's starboard jetpipe. You can clearly see the way the probes curve forward in this shot.
  8. XX900 at Brunty again, showing off the engine on the starboard side.

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