BAC Strikemaster

what is it?

The BAC 167 Strikemaster is a jet-powered training and light attack aircraft designed and produced by the British Aircraft Corporation. It was a development of the Hunting Jet Provost trainer, itself a jet engined version of the Percival Provost, which originally flew in 1950 with a radial engine. The Strikemaster is essentially an armed version of the Jet Provost T Mk 5.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 774 km/htop speed
• size 5,216 kgmax take-off weight
• built 146made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1967-10-26

retired

1993

status

retired

number built

146

role

attack aircraft, jet trainer

makers

British Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Viper Mk.535 / Viper

length

10.3 m

wingspan

11.2 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

5,216 kg

top speed

774 km/h

range

—

ceiling

12,192 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.