Handley Page Victor

Handley Page Victor adalah jet pesawat pembom British yang diproduksi oleh Handley Page Aircraft Company selama Perang Dingin . Handley Page Victor ini adalah ketiga dan terakhir dari V-pembom penangkal nuklir Inggris. Dua lainnya V-pembom adalah Vulcan Avro dan Valiant Vickers . Beberapa pesawat yang dimodifikasi untuk peran pengintaian strategis menggunakan kamera dan radar . Setelah Angkatan Laut Kerajaan berasumsi misi pencegahan nuklir menggunakan kapal selam rudal Polaris tahun 1969 banyak pembom dikonversi menjadi kapal tanker pengisian bahan bakar udara . Victor terakhir sudah pensiun dari dinas pada tanggal 15 Oktober 1993.

Referensi

• ap Rees, Elfan. "Handley Page Victor: Part 1". Air Pictorial, May 1972, Vol. 34, No 5., pp. 162–167.
• ap Rees, Elfan. "Handley Page Victor: Part 2". Air Pictorial, June 1972, Vol. 34, No 6., pp. 220–226.
• Ashworth, Chris. Encyclopaedia of Modern Royal Air Force Squadrons. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-013-6.
• Barnes, C.H. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 0-370-00030-7.
• Bull, Stephen. Encyclopedia of Military Technology And Innovation. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. ISBN 978-1-57356-557-8.
• Butler, Phil and Tony Buttler. Aerofax: Handley-Page Victor. Midland Publishing, 2009. ISBN 1-85780-311-6.
• Buttler, Tony. "Vital Bombers: Origins of the RAF's 'V-Bomber' Force". Air Enthusiast, No. 79, January/February 1999, pp. 28–41. ISSN 0143-5450.
• Brookes, Andrew and Chris Davey. Victor Units of the Cold War. Diarsipkan 2012-11-14 di Wayback Machine. Osprey Publishing, 2011. ISBN 1-84908-339-8.
• Donald, David. "Warplane Classic: Handley Page Victor." International Airpower Review, Issue 25, 2008, pp. 124–153. Westport, CT: AIRtime Publishing. ISSN 1473-9917.
• Fraser-Mitchell, Harry. "Database: Handley Page Victor". Aeroplane, Vol. 37, No. 7, July 2009, pp. 73–94. ISSN 0143-7240.
• Gunston, Bill. Bombers of the West. London: Ian Allan, 1973, pp. 78–102. ISBN 0-7110-0456-0.
• Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 1". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 1, January 1981, pp. 4–9. ISSN 0143-7240.
• Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 2". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 2, February 1981, pp. 60–65. ISSN 0143-7240.
• Gunston, Bill."The V-Bombers: Handley Page Victor—Part 3". Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 9, No 3, March 1981, pp. 136–139, 142–146. ISSN 0143-7240.
• Halley, James. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
• Lake, Jon. The Great Book of Bombers: The World's Most Important Bombers from World War I to the Present Day. Diarsipkan 2012-11-14 di Wayback Machine. Zenith Imprint, 2002. ISBN 0-7603-1347-4.
• Leich, Andy. "V Force Nuclear Arsenal: Weapons for the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan". Air Enthusiast, No. 107, September/October 2003, pp. 52–59. ISSN 0143-5450.
• Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber since 1914. London: Putnam, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.
• Middleton, Don. "Testing the Victor". Air Enthusiast, Fifty-Two, Winter 1993. pp. 60–75. ISSN 0143-5450.
• "Parade of Victors: No. 10 Squadron at RAF Cottesmore". Flight, 19 September 1958, pp. 493–496.
• Rodwell, Robert R. "Lo-Hi Victor: Mixed Mission over Malaya". Flight, 6 May 1965. pp. 700–703.
• Rodwell, Robert R. "The Steel in the Blue: Last Week's Glimpse of the V-force". Flight, 13 February 1964, pp. 241–245.
• "Victor: A Technical Description of Britain's Latest V-Bomber." Flight, 30 October 1959, pp. 463–472.
• Wynn, Humphrey. RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces: Origins, Roles and Deployment 1946-1969. London: The Stationery Office, 1997. ISBN 0-11-772833-0.

Pranala luar

• Victor information from "Thunder and Lightnings"
• The Handley Page Victor at Greg Goebel's "In The Public Domain"
• Nuclear weapon drop methods including from a Victor
• RAF gallery of Victor nose art Diarsipkan 2013-10-08 di Wayback Machine.