BAC Jet Provost

E392976

British aircraft jet aircraft military trainer aircraft

The BAC Jet Provost is a British jet-powered trainer aircraft that served as the Royal Air Force’s standard training platform from the late 1950s through the 1970s and became widely used by several air forces worldwide.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
BAC Jet Provost canonical	2
Hunting Jet Provost	1
Jet Provost	1
Jet Provost (in RAF basic training role)	1
Jet Provost T.1	1
Jet Provost T.2	1
Jet Provost T.3	1
Jet Provost T.4	1
Jet Provost T.5	1
Jet Provost T.51 (export)	1
Jet Provost T.52 (export)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British aircraft ⓘ jet aircraft ⓘ military trainer aircraft ⓘ
armamentCapability	light weapons on some variants ⓘ
cockpit	tandem two-seat ⓘ
configuration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ
construction	all-metal airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	2 ⓘ
designer	Percival Aircraft Company ⓘ
developedFrom	Percival P.56 Provost ⓘ
developedInto	BAC 167 Strikemaster ⓘ surface form: BAC Strikemaster
engineType	Armstrong Siddeley Viper (turbojet engine) ⓘ surface form: Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet
enteredService	1959 ⓘ
firstFlight	1954-06-26 ⓘ
introduced	1955 ⓘ
landingGear	tricycle retractable landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	British Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately 440 mph ⓘ approximately 710 km/h ⓘ
notableFor	being the RAF’s standard jet trainer for several decades ⓘ
numberBuilt	over 700 ⓘ
powerplant	single turbojet engine ⓘ
primaryUser	Royal Air Force ⓘ
productionPeriod	1954–1967 ⓘ
retiredFromRAFService	1993 ⓘ
role	jet trainer ⓘ
servicePeriodRAF	late 1950s–early 1990s ⓘ
status	retired from military service ⓘ
successorInRAFTrainingRole	BAE Systems Hawk T1 ⓘ surface form: BAE Systems Hawk
survivingAircraft	displayed in aviation museums ⓘ operated by civilian owners ⓘ
usedBy	Iraqi Air Force ⓘ Kuwait Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Ceylon Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ surface form: Royal New Zealand Air Force (limited evaluation) South Arabian Air Force ⓘ Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ Sudanese Air Force ⓘ
usedFor	advanced pilot training ⓘ basic pilot training ⓘ weapons training (later marks) ⓘ
usedIn	aerobatic display teams ⓘ
variant	BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.1 BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.2 BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.3 BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.4 BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.5 BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.51 (export) BAC Jet Provost self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jet Provost T.52 (export)
wingType	straight wing ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strikemaster → basedOn → BAC Jet Provost ⓘ

Short Tucano (license production) → designedToReplace → BAC Jet Provost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jet Provost (in RAF basic training role)

BAC → developedVariantOf → BAC Jet Provost ⓘ

subject surface form: British Aircraft Corporation

this entity surface form: Jet Provost

Rolls-Royce Viper → usedInAircraft → BAC Jet Provost ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hunting Jet Provost