Blackburn Buccaneer (testbed)

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The Blackburn Buccaneer (testbed) was an experimental variant of the British Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft modified to trial and evaluate the Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental aircraft
aircraftCategory military test aircraft
aircraftClass carrier-capable strike aircraft derivative
aircraftRole engine testbed
aircraftStatus experimental variant
aircraftType jet aircraft
airframeModifiedFrom standard Blackburn Buccaneer
basedOn Blackburn Buccaneer NERFINISHED
configuration twin-engine jet
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designedAs strike aircraft test variant
era Cold War
hasDesignFeature instrumentation for engine data collection
modified engine installation for Olympus
hasJetEngineTypeTested turbojet
isVariantOf Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft NERFINISHED
manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft NERFINISHED
nationality British
operator United Kingdom military (test and evaluation)
originatesFromAircraftFamily Blackburn Buccaneer family NERFINISHED
powerplantTested Rolls-Royce Olympus NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose testing Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine
purposeOfModification to trial Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine
relatedTo Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft programme NERFINISHED
Rolls-Royce Olympus development programme NERFINISHED
testActivity aerodynamic assessment with Olympus engine
evaluation of high-thrust turbojet
systems integration trials
testbedFor Rolls-Royce Olympus performance in flight
usedFor engine trials
flight testing
usedIn experimental flight test operations

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Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet usedInAircraft Blackburn Buccaneer (testbed)
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus