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Property	Value
rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Westland Welkin
rdfs:comment	The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven" or the upper atmosphere. First conceived in 1940, it was built from 1942–43 in response to the arrival of modified Junkers Ju 86P bombers flying reconnaissance missions that suggested the Luftwaffe might attempt to re-open the bombing of England from high altitude. The threat never materialised; consequently, Westland produced only a small number of Welkins and few of these flew.
owl:sameAs	dbr:Westland_Welkin
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max takeoff weight alt	5175.0
loaded weight main	10356.0
Guns	4
climb rate main	3850.0
number of props	2
length alt	12.67 m
span main	2133.6
power/mass alt	0.180000
height alt	4.80 m
Introduced	May 1944
primary user	Royal Air Force
Type	high altitude fighter
type of prop	liquid-cooled piston engine
loading main	41
range alt	2380.0
length main	1264.92
power alt	920.0
area main	250.0
power main	1233.0
height main	480.06
span alt	21.30 m
range main	1480.0
Manufacturer	Westland Aircraft
max speed main	385.0
engine (prop)	Rolls-Royce Merlin 76/77
power/mass main	0.110000
climb rate alt	19.58
ceiling main	44000.0
empty weight main	8310.0
loaded weight alt	4697.0
area alt	23.0
First Flight	1942-11-01
max speed alt	625.0
jet or prop?	prop
loading alt	204
empty weight alt	3768.0
plane or copter?	plane
ceiling alt	13,420 m
max takeoff weight main	11410.0
Retired	November 1944
Crew	One pilot
Number Built	75
Designer	dbkwik:resource/yGMWT5OonZYYmkZwxPeqag==
abstract	The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven" or the upper atmosphere. First conceived in 1940, it was built from 1942–43 in response to the arrival of modified Junkers Ju 86P bombers flying reconnaissance missions that suggested the Luftwaffe might attempt to re-open the bombing of England from high altitude. The threat never materialised; consequently, Westland produced only a small number of Welkins and few of these flew.