When I was younger, so much younger than today, or I should say in my childhood, I had a very favorite TV program originally filmed in the U.K. In the programme, future aircrafts play active and important roles and I was so absorbed. Today, in the eyes with some knowledge of aviation history, the aircrafts (or rockets) seem to have similar shapes to ones operated by the Royal Air Force at that time.
Please compare and find the similarity: the images below are plastic-models that I assembled myself. For real-existed aircrafts, I tried to paint as similar as each counterpart, so I think that the Royal Air Force has never adopted these colour schemes.
Oh, sorry, I have mot told you the name of the TV programme yet. It is the "Thunderbirds."
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BAe (English
Electric) Lightning F6 Length: 16.84m Span: 10.62m Height: 5.97m Engine: Rolls Royce Avon 301 Max Speed: Mach 2.27 |
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Thunderbird
1 Length: 35.05m Span: 24.48m Height: 18.29m Engines: Rolls Royce Atomic Ram Jet x 5 Max speed: Mach 21 |
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Havilland Vampire FB.5 Length: 9.36m Span: 11.57m Height: 2.69m Engine: De Havilland Goblon 2 Max Speed: 861km/h (535mph) |
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Thunderbird
2 Length: 76.20m Span: 54.80m Height:
18.29m Engines: Rolls Royce Atomic Ram Jet x 2 Max Speed: Mach 7 |