Iansisle
02-06-2004, 08:46
RIFC Accepts Noriker Into Service!
Air Grand Marshal says he is 'satisfied' with the design
LAKERIVERWOOD, Gadsan -- With a rumbling roar, the first XJ-11 Noriker lifted itself from the runway on Graye Aeroflyers’ compound and into the Royal Iansislean Flying Corps.
The race to replace the venerable MPAF-6J Super Colt as Iansisle’s front-line aerofighter has been prolonged and riddled with mistakes, waste, and incompetence. The Noriker’s immediate predecessor, the XJ-10 Andalusian failed to lift off at the end of Graye’s enormous 3,500 yard test runway on three consecutive attempts and was immediately rejected by the review board.
Graye, stung by the embarrassment and a public blast from Air Grand Marshal Sir Timothy Bates, determined to make sure that the next attempt worked. Nearly two years and hundreds of millions of generals were spent developing the new turbojet engine in conjunction with Henderson Rocketry of Copplestone, despite government efforts to acquire the advanced Stockley-Wychwood 1-W-2 ‘Red Bear’ engines from Walmington on Sea.
The result was the Graye-Henderson TJE Mk. IV ‘Quicksilver,’ based largely on de Havilland designs acquired from the United Kingdom, which can develop up to 5,000 pounds of thrust. A single one of these engines was mounted in a rather large and ungainly body and then extensively test flown prior to the official review.
The Noriker, named after a heavy alpine workhorse because of its somewhat portly appearance, soon proved that it exceeded the Flying Corps’ performance floors. The new craft achieved 638 miles per hour in a shallow dive. That was far above the required 600 mph, but still well behind the Walmingtonian Hussar and the Bankfield Apparition, both of which have demonstrated extra-sonic capabilities. Range is still limited, as with most Graye fighter designs, but can be helped by the addition of two 106 or 125 gallon external drop tanks.
Armarment includes four 20mm Galveston cannons, up to twelve Henderson 3” unguided rockets, twelve Henderson 6” anti-tank rockets, or four Henderson 8” anti-ship rockets, or the rekitting of the drop tanks into napalm bombs.
There was a time when Graye Aeroflyers stood at the cutting edge of jet-aeroflyer design. It devised the first jet fighter craft in the world, the Colt, which was promptly sold to Walmington on Sea, stolen by Nazi Germany, and used in theatres of war as far flung as Borneo, Britain, Kenya, North Africa, and Ercolana.
However, the company’s inability to keep up with Walmingtonian, British, Bankfield, and Calarcan development in the post-war world has the government in conniptions. Sir Timothy has expressed his displeasure with Graye several times in a public forum and has gone so far as to threaten to contract new flyers from foreign competition unless the Gadsan-based firm cleaned up its act.
Graye officials have countered with displeasure at the amount of government help received in the development of Iansisle’s jet fighter program. They also claimed that, had the government forced Bankfield to license its high performance and extremely secret ‘Ascension’ turbojet, the design process would have been considerably shorter, less expensive, and more successful. Bankfield authorities countered that their secrets were their own, and Graye had no right to them.
Whatever the debate, the Flying Corps is glad to at last have a replacement for the Colt. Full production on the Norikers is expected to start in twelve months, with the first production batch being delivered to the RIFC in eighteen months.
http://www.biic.de/aviation-museum/planes/country/sweden/images/3.jpg
A publicity shot taken by Graye Aeroflyers during corporate testing
Air Grand Marshal says he is 'satisfied' with the design
LAKERIVERWOOD, Gadsan -- With a rumbling roar, the first XJ-11 Noriker lifted itself from the runway on Graye Aeroflyers’ compound and into the Royal Iansislean Flying Corps.
The race to replace the venerable MPAF-6J Super Colt as Iansisle’s front-line aerofighter has been prolonged and riddled with mistakes, waste, and incompetence. The Noriker’s immediate predecessor, the XJ-10 Andalusian failed to lift off at the end of Graye’s enormous 3,500 yard test runway on three consecutive attempts and was immediately rejected by the review board.
Graye, stung by the embarrassment and a public blast from Air Grand Marshal Sir Timothy Bates, determined to make sure that the next attempt worked. Nearly two years and hundreds of millions of generals were spent developing the new turbojet engine in conjunction with Henderson Rocketry of Copplestone, despite government efforts to acquire the advanced Stockley-Wychwood 1-W-2 ‘Red Bear’ engines from Walmington on Sea.
The result was the Graye-Henderson TJE Mk. IV ‘Quicksilver,’ based largely on de Havilland designs acquired from the United Kingdom, which can develop up to 5,000 pounds of thrust. A single one of these engines was mounted in a rather large and ungainly body and then extensively test flown prior to the official review.
The Noriker, named after a heavy alpine workhorse because of its somewhat portly appearance, soon proved that it exceeded the Flying Corps’ performance floors. The new craft achieved 638 miles per hour in a shallow dive. That was far above the required 600 mph, but still well behind the Walmingtonian Hussar and the Bankfield Apparition, both of which have demonstrated extra-sonic capabilities. Range is still limited, as with most Graye fighter designs, but can be helped by the addition of two 106 or 125 gallon external drop tanks.
Armarment includes four 20mm Galveston cannons, up to twelve Henderson 3” unguided rockets, twelve Henderson 6” anti-tank rockets, or four Henderson 8” anti-ship rockets, or the rekitting of the drop tanks into napalm bombs.
There was a time when Graye Aeroflyers stood at the cutting edge of jet-aeroflyer design. It devised the first jet fighter craft in the world, the Colt, which was promptly sold to Walmington on Sea, stolen by Nazi Germany, and used in theatres of war as far flung as Borneo, Britain, Kenya, North Africa, and Ercolana.
However, the company’s inability to keep up with Walmingtonian, British, Bankfield, and Calarcan development in the post-war world has the government in conniptions. Sir Timothy has expressed his displeasure with Graye several times in a public forum and has gone so far as to threaten to contract new flyers from foreign competition unless the Gadsan-based firm cleaned up its act.
Graye officials have countered with displeasure at the amount of government help received in the development of Iansisle’s jet fighter program. They also claimed that, had the government forced Bankfield to license its high performance and extremely secret ‘Ascension’ turbojet, the design process would have been considerably shorter, less expensive, and more successful. Bankfield authorities countered that their secrets were their own, and Graye had no right to them.
Whatever the debate, the Flying Corps is glad to at last have a replacement for the Colt. Full production on the Norikers is expected to start in twelve months, with the first production batch being delivered to the RIFC in eighteen months.
http://www.biic.de/aviation-museum/planes/country/sweden/images/3.jpg
A publicity shot taken by Graye Aeroflyers during corporate testing