Bae BUCCANEER - Price: € 7,500

The British Aerospace Buccaneers are only flown from Cape Town. This tandem two-seater aggressor is designed for low-level, high-speed attack. Powered by two Rolls Royce Spey non-afterburning bypass turbofans, these awesome machines perform just below the speed of sound at zero altitude.

Your training includes a full morning’s briefing, survival training, ejection seat training, oxygen management, as well as the kit and all your equipment.

Designed for the Royal Navy, the Buccaneer flew low and fast to deliver deadly nuclear weapons to enemy targets. The final three were built specifically for the Defense Ministry (MoD) and primarily used on countless research programs. Service ended in 1994 while XW 988 flew out of Boscombe Down until February 1995. Of the three aircrafts, (painted overall gloss black), are now part of the Thunder City Squadron.

Type: Low level strike bomber

Technical details:

Powerplant
Two Rolls Royce RB 168-1A Spey MK 101 bypass turbofans 11 100 lb (5035 kg) thrust and one Bristol BAS 605 twin chamber rocket engine of 8 000 lb (3 630 kg) thrust housed in retractable panels in lower part of rear fuselage just forward of the air brakes

Performance
Max Speed: 645 mph (Mack 0.96) level flight at 200ft (61cm)
Above sea level

Range:
2 000 nautical miles (3 700km) plus additional
Tanks for extra distance

Mass: 62 000 lbs (28 123 kg)

Dimensions:
L 63 ft 5 in (19,33m)
Wingspan 44 ft (13,41 m)
Ht 16 ft 3 in (4,95 m)

Armaments
Four 1 000-lb bombs in fuselage
Four under-wing multiple tube Matra rockets or a Nord AS30
Air-to-surface missile

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