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Southdown 685 in an allover advert for Brolac, seen here at Chichester on the Coastliner 700 service
Chichester, West Sussex.
© Copyright PD3
It can be quite tricky to get full aircraft shots in museums. This is the unique technology demonstrator that led to the Eurofighter Typhoon
Airbus A330-243 cn525 de 2003
Emirates (07/03/2003-12/2015)
aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
09/04/2011
F-WWKV, A6-EAP, stocké OE-IER (12/15-07/18), TC-OCO, stocké VP-CBD (01/21-06/22), VP-CBD, stocké (08/22-.?).
The British Aerospace EAP, for Experimental Aircraft Programme, was a mid-eighties technology demonstrator for what later became the Eurofighter Typhoon. I was going to build this model for the 2020 BFVA eXperimental Military collaboration. However, due to COVID-19 the event, which should taken place last weekend, was cancelled and I put on the back burner for a bit. I'm hoping I'll be able to display at next year's event.
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What does E.A.P. means?
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven "Nevermore."
Boeing 767-3YOER msn24953/405 de 1991
El-Al Israël Airlines (17/05/2006 - 09/2018)
aéroport Marseille Provence
27/04/2014
XA-RWX, EI-CAM, N632TW, stocké (2002/2003), TF-FIA, 4X-EAP, stocké N953KW (2018/...).
Boeing 767-3Y0ER msn24953/405 de 1991
El-Al Israel Airlines (17/05/2006- 09/2018)
aéroport Marseille Provence
13/10/2017
XA-RWX, EI-CAM, N632TW, stocké (04/03-06/03), TF-FIA, 4X-EAP, stocké N953KW (09/18-...).
Superficially the EAP and the Eurofighter Typhoon are very similar, but on closer inspection there are a fair few differences. The Typhoon has a cockpit canopy that opens aft, similar to that of the F/A-18 Hornet. The EAP had a three-piece cockpit transparency, with the middle section hinged on the side. Unlike most of my aircraft models, this is minifig scale to fit with other models in the collaboration.
Boeing 767-3Y0ER msn24953/405 de 1991
El-Al Israel Airlines (17/05/2006- 09/2018)
aéroport Marseille Provence
13/10/2017
XA-RWX, EI-CAM, N632TW, stocké (04/03-06/03), TF-FIA, 4X-EAP, stocké N953KW (09/18-...).
British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Project (Eurofighter technology demonstrator) ZF534 at Farnborough on 6th September 1986.
Photo by John W. Read.
Another difference with the Typhoon is that the EAP had a cranked wing, whereas the Typhoon has a straight leading edge. EAP was typically displayed with 6 dummy missiles. Each outboard weapons station carried an ASRAAM and four BAe Skyflash missiles were mounted under the fuselage. These were British developments of the American AIM-7 Sparrow and were also used on F-4 Phantoms in British service and the Tornado F.3, as well as Swedish Viggen fighters.
To save development costs, the EAP used a modified Tornado aft fuselage, including its RB199 engines and a vertical fin.
The EAP's undercarriage also differs from that of Eurofighter. The latter has main wheels that fold inboard, much like on an F-4 Phantom. The EAP's fold forward to lie flat in the wing root/ outboard section of the lower fuselage. It all works on my model, although I do have to remove one of the forward Skyflash missiles to have enough room to open the door for the nosegear. The size and locations of the missiles made it all quite tricky.
The ASRAAM missiles were built using minifig candle parts, which is an idea by Corvin Stichert.
Boeing 767-3Y0ER msn24953/405 de 1991
El-Al Israel Airlines (17/05/2006- 09/2018)
aéroport Marseille Provence
13/10/2017
XA-RWX, EI-CAM, N632TW, stocké (04/03-06/03), TF-FIA, 4X-EAP, stocké N953KW (09/18-...).
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@ Air Berlin 🇩🇪 opby Belair 🇨ðŸ‡| A320 | HB-IOZ
Airbus A320-214 - cn 4294
@ Reg : HB-IOZ
@ Engines : 2x CFMI CFM56-5B4/3
@ History Aircraft :
# 23.APR.2010 : First Flight with reg D-AXAH - Hamburg ( XFW ) 🇩🇪
# 04.MAY.2010 : Delivered to "Air Berlin" AB & BER leased from GECAS with reg D-ABFH - Ferried XFW-TXL on delivery and config cabin Y174
# 26.OCT.2010 : Tsfd to AB opby Belair "Belair" 4T & BHP with reg HB-IOZ and config cabin Y180
# FEB.2012 : leased from AWAS
Boeing 767-3YOER msn24953/405 de 1991
El-Al Israël Airlines (17/05/2006 - 09/2018)
aéroport Marseille Provence
27/04/2014
XA-RWX, EI-CAM, N632TW, stocké (2002/2003), TF-FIA, 4X-EAP, stocké N953KW (2018/...).