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Craft and Equipment: SPJ |
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CAPTAIN SCARLET and the MYSTERONS UNOFFICIAL WEBSITE by Chris Bishop |
Information in the following has been taken from many sources, especially from “CENTURY 21” No.15, Winter 1993, Special Captain Scarlet Issue”.
Captain Scarlet Annual 1967 and Annual 1968, Captain Scarlet comic No. 6, 1991, and various other sources, have provided additional information, such as cutaways.
SPECTRUM PASSENGER JET
(SPJ)

These SPJs provide fast, comfortable transport for the members of Spectrum and their equipment. The roomy cabin can quickly and easily be converted from normal seating arrangements to a VIP lounge, a cinema or conference room as readily as a personnel carrier. Based on design refinement of Universal Aero Engineering’s TVR 24 (2066), The SPJs are armed with air-to-air missile emplacements, but are also often escorted by the Angels on dangerous missions, and are powered by twin re-heat excess, air-ramjet, turbo-fan jet-engines, with Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) systems via retro-thrust Vilta air-brakes. These SPJs are 78 feet long, have a 37 foot wide wing-span, weigh 630,427 lib (281.44 tons), have a flight ceiling of 40,000 feet (height of Cloudbase) and a top speed of 1,125 MPH (supersonic, Mack 1.46). The rear-wing assembly can turn through 90 degrees, to a vertical position, to act as an air-brake when landing. The SPJs are nine seater vehicles (two persons as pilot and co-pilot, with seven as passengers), constructed at the Universal Aero Engineering Plant at an unknown location. All Spectrum vehicles use a special form of fuel of which every drop is distilled from the Spectrum ultra-sonic refinery at Bensheba, with a 500 gallon fuel capacity and 40 MPG limit, giving an SPJ a range 0f 20,000 miles without refuelling. The passenger jets are made of hardened Fleetonium alloy and have a hull, the lower half of which is silver in colour with blue on top separated by red stripes. These passenger jets are also fitted with triple hydrofoils projecting from the wing-stubs allowing landing on water, and autopilot system.
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The SPJ cockpit, seen from exterior. Taken from episode 1, "The Mysterons". Photo added July 7, 2003 |
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SPECTRUM SALOON CAR (SSC) - YELLOW FOX, GASOLENE TANKER - SPECTRUM DETECTOR VAN -
SPECTRUM HOVERCRAFT - SPECTRUM CLAM SUB - MAGNACOPTER
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