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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-...).
Travel de Courcey Levante MD24 passes Birmingham Airport whilst carrying a 210 service for Wolverhampton
Vehicle Details
Operator: Travel de Courcey
Fleet Details: MD24
Registration: FJ13 EAP
Vehicle Type: Volvo B9R, Caetano Levante C48FLT
Vehicle History
New to DeCourcey 04/13
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.
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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.
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-...).
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.
To fit with the styles of the other builders in the collaboration, I've gone for a (mostly) studless look. The wings were built using bricks on their sides and like those on the other aircraft models I've built for the collaboration, I added cheese slopes and curved slopes to the leading and trailing edges to make them less blunt.
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-...).
Normally housed inside at RAF Museum Cosford as part of the Test Flight collection, the EAP was rolled outside for the 2017 Cosford Airshow.
EAP (Experimental Aircraft Programme) was a one-off British technology demonstrator aircraft built by British Aerospace (BAe) in the early 1980's, and was the result of several years of parallel, and then collaborative research by UK, Germany and Italy into a highly agile future European combat aircraft. EAP was used to demonstrate and validate advanced structures and technologies in development for what would eventually evolve into Eurofighter Typhoon. These included carbon-fibre composites and advanced alloys, a digital fly-by-wire flight control system and delta canard control surfaces.
Two EAP aircraft were originally planned, one to be built by BAe at Warton and another by MBB in Germany, but after Germany withdrew financial support for the project, only the Warton aircraft went ahead (ZF534). Some existing Tornado components were incorporated in the design to reduce costs, including the two Turbo-Union RB199-104 engines as used on the Tornado ADV, and also a modified Tornado rear fuselage and tail-fin.
Although there was a some international collaboration, the EAP was essentially a British project, and as such was the last supersonic British aircraft.
The first flight took place in August 1986 the the aircraft was retired in 1991 after providing invaluable input into the Eurofighter programme.