{"id":7040434,"date":"2026-07-24T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/westland-wyvern-turboprop-strike-fighter-underwater-ejection\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:27:51","slug":"caccia-dattacco-turboelica-westland-wyvern-espulsione-subacquea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/westland-wyvern-turboprop-strike-fighter-underwater-ejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Il caccia il cui pilota si \u00e8 eiettato sott&#039;acqua"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Il 13 ottobre 1954, il tenente BD Macfarlane, pilota della Royal Navy, fu catapultato fuori dalla portaerei HMS Albion a causa di un&#039;avaria al motore. Il suo aereo precipit\u00f2 in mare proprio davanti alla nave, che poi lo invest\u00ec in pieno, spezzandolo in due. Intrappolato tra i rottami che affondavano, sott&#039;acqua, con le 20.000 tonnellate della portaerei che rombavano sopra di lui, Macfarlane azion\u00f2 la maniglia di eiezione e si salv\u00f2.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;aereo che lo port\u00f2 l\u00ec era il Westland Wyvern: un grosso e brutale caccia d&#039;attacco a turboelica con eliche controrotanti e una reputazione di essere letale per gli uomini che lo pilotavano.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"padding-top:0;margin-top:0\">Informazioni rapide<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Aeromobili:<\/strong> Caccia d&#039;attacco imbarcato Westland Wyvern<\/li><li><strong>Operatore:<\/strong> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1953\u20131958<\/li><li><strong>Motore:<\/strong> Il turboelica Armstrong Siddeley Python aziona eliche controrotanti.<\/li><li><strong>Armi:<\/strong> Siluri, bombe e razzi<\/li><li><strong>Distinzione greca:<\/strong> Lo spegnimento dei motori al momento del lancio ha causato la prima espulsione subacquea in assoluto<\/li><li><strong>Costruito:<\/strong> 127 velivoli, dopo uno sviluppo travagliato durato nove anni<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnMLYYQiMmo\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un drago che ha richiesto nove anni per essere domato<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il Wyvern fu concepito proprio alla fine dell&#039;era dei motori a pistoni e, in modo alquanto goffo, si ritrov\u00f2 nell&#039;era dei turboelica. La sua configurazione definitiva prevedeva un motore turboelica Armstrong Siddeley Python da circa 3.500 cavalli, montato dietro il pilota e che azionava due serie di eliche controrotanti a quattro pale nel muso tramite un lungo albero.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sulla carta era un potente aereo silurante e da attacco. In pratica, ci vollero quasi nove anni dal primo volo al servizio in prima linea, poich\u00e9 Westland dovette affrontare una serie di problemi e una serie di incidenti mortali che diedero a questo modello una sinistra reputazione tra gli aviatori della Marina.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=572568909  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/westland-wyvern-tf2-1950.jpg\" alt=\"Westland Wyvern TF2 nel 1950\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un primo esemplare di Wyvern. Il programma caus\u00f2 la morte di diversi piloti collaudatori prima che il velivolo raggiungesse uno squadrone. Dominio pubblico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Il motore che si \u00e8 spento al momento del lancio<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il difetto pi\u00f9 letale era il Python stesso. Scagliato da una catapulta, il motore spesso non riusciva a sopportare l&#039;improvviso impulso e, a causa della mancanza di carburante, si spegneva nel peggior momento possibile: proprio mentre l&#039;aereo si staccava dal ponte di volo senza quota n\u00e9 velocit\u00e0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201c&quot;Il Python non gradiva l&#039;improvvisa accelerazione subita al momento del lancio dalla catapulta, il che causava un&#039;insufficiente alimentazione di carburante e spesso lo spegnimento del motore al decollo.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Da resoconti documentati<\/strong> \u2014 dei fallimenti al lancio del Wyvern<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>\u00c8 esattamente quello che accadde al tenente Macfarlane. Quando il suo Wyvern precipit\u00f2 in mare davanti alla HMS Albion e si spezz\u00f2 in due, mantenne la calma, attese e azion\u00f2 il suo mitra Martin-Baker mentre era completamente sommerso.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201c&quot;La prima persona ad essersi eiettata con successo sott&#039;acqua.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>La documentazione storica<\/strong> \u2014 sulla sopravvivenza del tenente Macfarlane<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKEWzYFZ7VI\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Una vera guerra<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1898857745  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/westland-wyvern-prototype-flight.jpg\" alt=\"Prototipo del Westland Wyvern in volo\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Nonostante tutti i suoi problemi, il Wyvern and\u00f2 in guerra, sull&#039;Egitto nel 1956. Dominio pubblico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Nonostante tutti i suoi problemi, il Wyvern partecip\u00f2 anche a operazioni di combattimento. Durante la crisi di Suez del 1956, i Wyvern effettuarono attacchi al suolo dalla portaerei HMS Eagle. Uno di questi fu abbattuto dalla contraerea; il pilota si eiett\u00f2 e fu tratto in salvo dal mare.<\/p>\r\n<p>Fu una breve carriera in prima linea. Nel 1958 il Wyvern era gi\u00e0 fuori produzione, soppiantato dai jet e mai veramente rimpianto. Oggi viene ricordato come un aereo potente, goffo e destinato al fallimento, e come il velivolo che costrinse un uomo a essere il primo a eiettarsi dalle profondit\u00e0 marine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/snwXgB4_dN4\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Hush-Kit; Military Matters; Let Let Let Warplanes; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fairey-gannet-contra-rotating-submarine-hunter\/\">Il cacciatore di sottomarini con eliche che giravano in entrambe le direzioni<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/suez-1956-operation-musketeer-air-war-sea-hawk-canberra\/\">L&#039;ultima guerra aerea vecchio stile<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 13 October 1954, a Royal Navy pilot named Lieutenant B.D. Macfarlane was catapulted off the carrier HMS Albion when his engine died. His aircraft flopped into the sea directly ahead of the ship, which then ran straight over it, slicing the fighter in two. 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