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The Swift, perhaps because of its poor reputation in early service, has not fared well in retirement. Only
four Swifts appear to have been preserved plus a Swift ancestor (the type 510) and assorted
airframe sections.
| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| VV106 | Type 510/517 | Fleet Air Arm Museum Store, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset | 25/04/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| WK275 | F.4 | Sheppards Stores (gate guardian), Upper Hill, Hereford & Worcester | 25/04/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| WK277 | FR.5 | Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire | 25/04/2008 |
| WK281 | FR.5 | Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, West Sussex | 25/04/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XF114 (G-SWIF) | F.7 | Solent Sky (stored off-site), Southampton, Hampshire | 07/10/2008 |
| Nose/cockpit/other sections |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| Simulator (WK272?) | F.4 | Solent Sky, Southampton, Hampshire | 07/10/2008 |
| WK198 | F.4 | RAF Millom Museum (fuselage), Cumbria | 25/04/2008 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| Simulator | FR.5 | Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire | 02/04/2009 |
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| Serial | Mark | Owner & location | Updated |
| XF113 | F.7 | Boscombe Down Aviaton Collection, MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. | 14th August 2008 |
The nose at Southampton was used as a synthetic procedures trainer; the actual identity of the
original aircraft it came from is a little unclear (at one point it was even thought that it was
from VV119, one of the prototypes) but the museum have narrowed it down to either WK272 or WK282
based on the date of manufacture.
| Variant | Type 510 | Type 528 | Type 535 | Type 541 | F.1 | F.2 | F.3 | F.4 | FR.5 | F.7 |
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| First flight | 28 Dec 1948 | 27 Mar 1950 | 23 Aug 1950 | 1 Aug 1951 | 25 Aug 1952 | ? | ? | 27 May 1953 | 27 May 1955 | Apr 1956 |
| Crew | One |
| Armament | None | Two 30mm cannon | Four 30mm cannon, 8 unguided rockets | None | As F.2 | As F.1 | Two Fairey Skyflash AAMs |
| Powerplant | Rolls-Royce Nene | Rolls-Royce AJ.65 Avon | 7,500 lb Rolls-Royce Avon RA7 | 7500 lb Rolls-Royce Avon RA7R | 7,175 lb (9,450 lb reheat) Rolls-Royce Avon 114 | 9,950 lb (reheat) Rolls-Royce Avon 116 |
| Max. speed | ? | 660 mph | 709 mph | ? | ? | 713 mph | 700 mph |
| Service ceiling | ? | 45,500 ft | 39,000 ft | ? | ? | 45,800 ft | 41,600 ft |
| Range | ? | 730 miles | 493 miles | ? | ? | 630 miles | 864 miles |
| Empty weight | ? | 11,892 lb | 13,136 lb | ? | ? | 13,435 lb | 13,735 lb |
| Max. take off weight | ? | 15,800 lb | 19,764 lb | ? | ? | 21,673 lb | 21,400 lb |
| Wing span | ? | 32 ft 4 in | ? | ? | As F.2 | 35 ft |
| Wing area | ? | 306 sq ft | 321 sq ft | ? | ? | 328 sq ft | 348 sq ft |
| Length | ? | 41 ft 5.5 in | ? | ? | 42 ft 3 in | 43 ft 9 in |
| Height | ? | 12 ft 6 in | 12 ft 6 in* | 13 ft 6 in |
*Some F.4s appeared to have higher fins than others; does
anybody have any further information on this?
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