SURVIVORS LISTING

Despite a decent production run (by British standards), and though a respectable number of examples were preserved for a while as gate guards (at RAF stations Acklington, Hartlebury, Innsworth, Leeming, Manston, Stafford, Swanton Morley, Swinderby, Ternhill, West Raynham and Yatesbury), the closure of many stations more often than not led to the Javelin being scrapped (if it had not already been replaced by another type on the gate). As a consequence very few now remain in existence, though thankfully they all seem to have secure futures (though I would not count anything on the gate at an RAF establishment as particularly secure judging by the past record of Javelin gate guards - indeed the very last example of an FAW.2 in existence was scrapped not so long ago, and RAF Stafford upgraded their gate guard to a Harrier GR.3).

LEADING PARTICULARS

Production totals for each variant include converted airframes. Corrections and gap-filling welcome as always!

Variant	FAW.1	FAW.2	T.3	FAW.4	FAW.5	FAW.6	FAW.7	FAW.8	FAW.9(R)
First flight	26 Nov 1951 (prototype) 22 Jul 1954 (production)	31 Oct 1955 (proto) 25 Apr 1956 (prod)	20 Aug 1956 (proto) 6 Jan 1958 (prod)	19 Sep 1955 (proto) 27 Feb 1956 (prod)	26 Jul 1956 (prot) 24 Aug 1956 (prod)	15 Jan 1957 (proto)	9 Nov 1956 (prod)	9 May 1958 (prod)	1959?
Crew	Two
Armament	Four 30mm Aden cannon						As FAW.1 plus four Firestreak AAMs
Powerplant	Two 8,000 lb Sapphire Sa6						Two 11,000 lb Sapphire Sa7	Two 11,000 lb (12,300 lb with reheat) Sapphire Sa7R
Max. speed	616 knots at sea level, 0.94 mach at altitude		555 knots at sea level, 0.91 mach at altitude	610 knots at sea level, 0.96 mach at altitude	612 knots at sea level, 0.93 mach at altitude		616 knots at sea level, 0.95 mach at altitude	610 knots at sea level, 0.93 mach at altitude
Service ceiling	52,500 ft		46,000 ft	50,700 ft	50,100 ft		52,800 ft	52,000 ft
Range	?
Max. take off weight	36,690 lb	37,200 lb	42,000 lb	37,480 lb	39,370 lb	40,600 lb	40,270 lb	42,510 lb	43,165 lb
Wing span	52 ft 10 in
Wing area	927 sq ft
Length	56 ft 3 in		59 ft 11 in	56 ft 3 in					56 ft 9 in
Height	16 ft 0 in
Production (total 435)	47 (including 7 prototypes)	30	22	50	64	33	142	47	116 (all FAW.7 conversions)

Externally the various variants can be confused, though there are a number of points to look for. The T.3 is easy to spot, with a tiny black radome. The FAW.1/4/5 and 2/6 are tricky to tell apart! The FAW.9R is identical to the FAW.9 unless the refuelling probe is actually fitted in which case it's obviously a 9R.

Feature	Nose	Windscreen wiper	Canopy	Pitot probe	Pylons	Rear fuselage	Jetpipes
FAW.1	Long	No	Normal	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
FAW.2	Short	No	Normal	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
T.3	Long	No	Bulged	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
FAW.4	Long	No	Normal	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
FAW.5	Long	Yes	Normal	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
FAW.6	Short	Yes	Normal	Port wing	No	Pen knib	Normal
FAW.7	Long	No	Normal	Both wings	Yes	Flat	Normal
FAW.8	Short	No	Normal	Both wings	Yes	Flat	Extended
FAW.9	Long	No	Normal	Both wings	Yes	Flat	Extended