Royal Air Force
Buccaneer ground attack aircraft in aviation art prints of the Buccaneer
by leading aviation artists from around the world.
Buccaneer Strike Force by Philip West.
The Blackburn Buccaneer, in its heyday the worlds most advanced low-level, high-speed strike aircraft. The Buccaneer is remembered with affection and respect as a purposeful-looking, rock-steady aircraft offering a formidable strike weapons platform, flying low and fast over the wave-tops or land with equal effectiveness, on this occasion in the presence of HMS Ark Royal.
Item Code : DHM2279
Buccaneer Strike Force by Philip West. - Editions Available
Buccaneer aircraft in action, launching a co-ordinated attack with Sea Eagle anti-ship sea-skimming missiles, the moment when the leader of the first element (callsign Blue) achieves his firing solution and initiates the ripple launch of his formations missiles by breaking radio silence with the traditional 208 Squadron radio call of Blue,-Fire! Nightmare scenario. Dusk over an empty sea. With lights out and in radio silence, three Buccaneers, each armed with 4 Sea-Eagle missiles, prepare to attack a Surface Action Group still beyond radar range. 150 miles away, three more Buccaneers are approaching the same target in a pincer attack timed to hit the target at exactly the same time. The first warning that the target will receive of the attack is when all 24 missile radar seekers switch on at close range for the final phase of the attack. Whilst the Buccaneers escape unseen, the defenses will be swamped with their worst nightmare - two volleys of missiles approaching without warning, .........
Built to fly low and fast over very long distances, the Buccaneer reigned supreme during the Cold War years both as a carrier-borne and land-based strike aircraft. For 30 years, first with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm then with the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force, the Buccaneers achievements in the low-level strike role approached the proportions of legend. Roy Boots classic design is unbeatable in many respects even by the latest and most potent fighters and this much-loved aircraft is still immensely popular. It enjoys a unique reputation as a tough and reliable shipyard foundry-built aircraft and is sorely missed by those who flew it or worked on it and regarded it as irreplaceable. Pressed into service at short notice during the Gulf War, the Buccaneer and its aircrews finally proved in the most spectacular manner what many had been saying for years, - that the Buccaneer was a truly outstanding machine that could only be replaced by another Buccaneer.
Item Code : MR0056
Buccaneer Thunder by Michael Rondot. - Editions Available
Buccaneer S2B McRoberts reply of No.XV squadron flies over the North Sea. Designed for high-speed, deep penetration attacks at ultra low level, the Buccaneer has always been immensely popular with its aircrews. The design may be old, but the concept was brilliant, and the Buccaneer still retains a unique combination of range, war load and speed, unmatched by any other aircraft in RAF service. Pressed into service during the Gulf War, Buccaneers finally proved in the most spectacular manner what many had known for years - that the only suitable replacement aircraft for the Buccaneer is another Buccaneer.
Item Code : KA0004
North Sea Sortie by Keith Aspinall. - Editions Available
Designed for high-speed, deep penetration attacks at ultra low
level, the Buccaneer has always been immensely popular with its aircrews. The
design may be old, but the concept was brilliant, and the Buccaneer still
retains a unique combination of range, war load and speed, unmatched by
any other aircraft in RAF service. Pressed into service during the Gulf
War, Buccaneers finally proved in the most spectacular manner what many
had known for years - that the only suitable replacement aircraft for the
Buccaneer is another Buccaneer.
Buccaneer Thunder by Michael Rondot Built to fly low and fast over very long distances, the Buccaneer
reigned supreme during the Cold War years both as a carrier-borne and
land-based strike aircraft. For 30 years, first with the Royal Navy Fleet
Air Arm then with the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force, the
Buccaneer's achievements in the low-level strike role approached the
proportions of legend. Roy Boot's classic design is unbeatable in many
respects even by the latest and most potent fighters and this much-loved
aircraft is still immensely popular. It enjoys a unique reputation as a
tough and reliable shipyard foundry-built aircraft and is sorely missed by
those who flew it or worked on it and regarded it as irreplaceable.
Pressed into service at short notice during the Gulf War, the Buccaneer
and its aircrews finally proved in the most spectacular manner what many
had been saying for years, - that the Buccaneer was a truly outstanding
machine that could only be replaced by another Buccaneer. As a tribute to the mighty Buccaneer, artist Michael Rondot has
painted in his Classic Combat Aircraft Series a striking and powerful
image of a Buccaneer "smoking" at 540 knots at low level.
Buccaneer
by David Pentland H.S. Buccaneer SB, of 809 Squadron
Fleet Air Arm, takes off from Belfast RAF
Sydenham in 1974's.
Blue -Fire! by Michael Rondot Nightmare scenario. Dusk over an empty sea. With lights out and in
radio silence, three Buccaneers, each armed with 4 Sea-Eagle missiles,
prepare to attack a Surface Action Group still beyond radar range. 150
miles away, 3 more Buccaneers are approaching the same target in a pincer
attack timed to hit the target at exactly the same time. The first warning
that the target will receive of the attack is when all 24 missiles radar
seekers switch on at close range for the final phase of the attack. Whilst
the Buccaneers escape unseen, the defences will be swamped with their
worst nightmare - two volleys of missiles approaching without warning, at
wave-top height, at 180 degrees to each other. Michael Rondot's painting captures the moment when the leader of the
first element (callsign 'Blue'), achieves firing solution and initiates
the ripple launch of his formation's missiles by breaking radio silence
with the traditional 208 squadron radio call of "Blue-Fire!"
North Sea Sortie by Keith Aspinall Buccaneer S2B "MccRobert's reply" of No. XV squadron
flies over the North Sea.
Buccaneer Strike Force by Philip E West. The
Blackburn Buccaneer first entered service with the Royal Navy in July
1962. Designed specifically to operate from the Royal Navy's
aircraft carriers, with the ability to fly low and fats, the Buccaneer
was also able to carry nuclear weapons for use against soviet naval
targets. Capable of flying 646mph at 200 feet the Buccaneer was a
formidable low-level strike aircraft which quickly attracted
admirers. amongst them were the RAF and the South African Air
Force, both of whom adopted the Blackburn Buccaneer for their land based
operations. just as the Buccaneer was facing retirement it was
called into action again to play a vital role in Kuwait and Iraq during
the 1991 Gulf War.
The Buccaneer
Designed for high-speed, deep penetration attacks at ultra low
level, the Buccaneer has always been immensely popular with its aircrews. The
design may be old, but the concept was brilliant, and the Buccaneer still
retains a unique combination of range, war load and speed, unmatched by
any other aircraft in RAF service. Pressed into service during the Gulf
War, Buccaneers finally proved in the most spectacular manner what many
had known for years - that the only suitable replacement aircraft for the
Buccaneer is another Buccaneer.
