1970's British Sky Flash Rocket

 

History

​The British Aerospace Skyflash was a medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile derived from the US AIM-7 Sparrow missile and carried by Royal Air Force F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3's, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force Tornadoes and Swedish Flygvapnet Viggens. The missile was replaced by the more capable AMRAAM.

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Skyflash came out of a British plan to develop an inverse monopulse seeker for the Sparrow AIM-7E-2 by GEC and the RAE at the end of the 1960s.​
 

Primary function: Medium-range, air-to-air missile​
 

Users: UK (Royal Air Force), Saudi Arabia (Royal Saudi Air Force), Italy (on leased Tornado F3's), Sweden (Royal Swedish Air Force).
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Aesthetics

​All of our Missiles are uniquely restored to a standard unsurpassed. There is no tacky chroming, silver spray-painting or added  metallurgy which results in the timeless masterpieces you see today. All parts are original.



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Function 

These are a fantastic piece of living history. They makes fantastic centerpieces in anything from the home to the office. You can guarantee these will impress in any setting.

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Height 6ft 8in or 203cm
Width incuding fins : 102 cm

Tailfins: 4 

Range: 45km

Speed: Mach 4

Date deployed: 1978

Date retired: 2005



 

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A true collectors item.