The Royal Air Force is the powerful aerial warfare force of the United Kingdom. With their iconic victory against the fascist Nazi regime during WW2’s Battle of Britain, the RAF has consequently gained its popularity when it comes to the world’s top Air Forces. Hence, in this article, we will be giving you a size comparison of the aircraft that the Royal Air Force operated over the years of service.
AVERAGE-SIZED AIRCRAFT
This fighter jet measures right in the middle of the smallest to the largest aircraft list. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a 4th generation multirole fighter aircraft introduced in 2003. According to militaryfactory.com, the Eurofighter Typhoon measures 52.36 feet long and 17.32 feet tall, with a wingspan of 35.93 feet.
If we look at it from a different perspective, an average-sized British aircraft measures eight times as long as a queen-size bed, about 14 times as tall as a bowling pin, and a wingspan about as wide as half the length of a cricket pitch.
SMALLEST AIRCRAFT
Next, let’s see the smallest aircraft that the RAF has ever operated, the de Havilland Chipmunk. According to the Royal Air Force Museum, the Chipmunk was designed and produced in Canada before being adopted as the RAF’s primary trainer. It measures 25.5 feet long and 7.1 feet tall, with an almost average wingspan of 34.4 feet, as stated on Wikipedia.
In context, the smallest British Aircraft measures half as long as a semitrailer truck, about as tall as Shaq, and a wingspan as wide as the length of two-and-a-half Volkswagen Beetles.
BIGGEST AIRCRAFT
Lastly, we have the largest aircraft that the Royal Air Force has ever operated, the Globemaster C-17. According to the website, the C-17 is a long-range, heavy-lift strategic transport aircraft that measures 174 feet long and 55.1 feet tall, with a wingspan of 169.9 feet.
Hence, to put things into perspective, the biggest aircraft in RAF’s history measures half as long as a soccer pitch, about three times as tall as a giraffe, and a wingspan as wide as the length of 30 king-size beds.
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References:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force
- https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=55
- https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/de-havilland-chipmunk/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-1_Chipmunk#Specifications_(DHC-1_ Chipmunk)
- https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/globemaster-c-17/#:~:text=Boeing%20C%2D17A%20Globemast%20er%20III%20(Globemaster%20C%2D17)%3A&text=Wingspan%3A%20169ft%209in%20(51.74%20m)
- http://www.bluebulbprojects.com/measureofthings/default.php
