The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the years just after the Second World War, developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. They shared a monoplane layout with a mid-mounted inverted-gull wing and a tricycle undercarriage, with the pilot and observer seated in tandem under a long canopy. The radar scanner sat in a retractable radome in the rear fuselage behind a long internal weapons bay. The B-54 used a piston engine while the B-88 used a gas turbine driving large contra-rotating propellers. The B-54 made its maiden flight on 20 September 1949, and the programme was cancelled in favour of the Fairey Gannet.
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The B-54, or Y.A.5, was designed to meet Specification "G.R.17/45" for an advanced carrier-borne anti-submarine aircraft by Blackburn Aircraft.
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prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA)
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This aircraft made its maiden flight on 20 September 1949 ahead of the competing Fairey design.
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The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA).
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The program was cancelled in favour of the Fairey Gannet aircraft.
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The B-54, or Y.A.5, was designed to meet Specification "G.R.17/45" for an advanced carrier-borne anti-submarine aircraft by Blackburn Aircraft.
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prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA)
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The B-54, or Y.A.5, was designed to meet Specification "G.R.17/45" for an advanced carrier-borne anti-submarine aircraft by Blackburn Aircraft.
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The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA).
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