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Walk around - BAe EAP (experimental aircraft program)

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The British Aerospace (BAe) EAP was the experimental aircraft program to develop flight dynamics and technologies that later would be used in the Eurofighter. The program ran from 1986 to 1991. A test aircraft was manufactured and had full fly-by-wire and software. Only 1 EAP was built that had its first flight August 8, 1986. 

Max speed about MACH 2, wing span 11,8 m and length 14,7m

eap profile

   

EAP 

This unique and only EAP coded ZF534 is on display at the RAF museum in Cosford (U.K.).

Photographed November 2023 by Meindert de Vreeze (c)  Copyright! 

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A plastic scale model of the EAP in 1/72 was a very basic Pegasus kit and later a better Silver Cloud resin kit.

 

This walk around page was first published 12 November 2024 by IPMS.NL webmaster;   note the Copyright!