For the vehicle from Thunderbirds, see Thunderbirds machines § Fireflash.
Air-to-air missile
Fireflash
A Fireflash missile at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford (2014)
Type
Air-to-air missile
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Service history
In service
1957–1958
Used by
United Kingdom
Wars
None
Production history
Designed
1949
Manufacturer
Fairey Aviation
No. built
c. 300
Specifications
Mass
150 kilograms (330 lb)
Length
111.75 inches (2,838 mm)
Wingspan
28.11 inches (714 mm)
Detonation mechanism
Proximity fuze
Engine
Two solid fuel rocket motors
Operational range
1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Maximum speed
Mach 2
Guidance system
beam rider
Steering system
control surfaces
Launch platform
Aircraft
Fireflash was the United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force. Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance. Fireflash had relatively limited performance and required the launching aircraft to approach the target from a limited angle astern.
The approximately 300 production Fireflash missiles were mostly expended as a training weapon to familiarize RAF pilots with missile firing. It was declared operational very briefly in 1957, thus becoming the RAF's first operational air-to-air missile, but was quickly replaced by the de Havilland Firestreak the next year.
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