Blackburn Buccaneer
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The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy. Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially
A Buccaneer taking off from Faro, Portugal
Buccaneer S.1 at the 1962 Farnborough Airshow; the anti-flash white colour scheme is for the nuclear strike role
A Buccaneer S.2 launches from HMS Eagle; the S.2 featured more powerful Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines that allowed it to launch at its maximum take-off weight
Buccaneer S.2 with wings folding, a space-saving feature typically employed by carrier aircraft
Rolls-Royce Spey
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The Rolls-Royce Spey is a low-bypass turbofan engine originally designed and manufactured by Rolls-Royce that has been in widespread service since its introduction in 1964. A co-development version of
Blackburn Buccaneer
…largely due to insufficient engine power; this defect was quickly addressed by the introduction of the Buccaneer S.2, equipped with more powerful Rolls-Royce Spey jet engines, in 1965. The Buccaneer S.2 was the first Fleet Air Arm (FAA) aircraft to make a non-stop, unrefuelled crossing of the Atlantic Ocean…
An RB.168 Mk 202 Spey as fitted to the F-4K Phantom
Afterburner section of an RB.168
Rolls-Royce Spey RB.163 Mk.505-5 for the Trident in RAF Museum Cosford
Rolls-Royce Spey Mk 202 at the RAF Museum in London