TSR2 : Britain's lost Cold War strike jet /

"TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates passion and controversy. Designed as a supersonic, STOL-capable, all-weather strike jet, which could also be outfitted as a state-of-the-art photographic and radar reconnaissance aircra...

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Main Authors: Brookes, Andrew (Author)
Group Author: Holmes, Tony (Editor)
Published: Osprey Publishing,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: X-planes ; 5
Subjects:
Summary: "TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates passion and controversy. Designed as a supersonic, STOL-capable, all-weather strike jet, which could also be outfitted as a state-of-the-art photographic and radar reconnaissance aircraft, the TSR2 was a magnificent technical achievement, and one of the most striking aircraft of the post-war age. But it fell victim to cost overruns, its overambitious requirements, and politics. The jet's scrapping marked the point when Britain's aerospace industry could no longer build world-class aircraft independently."--Back cover.
Carrier Form: 80 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, forms ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781472822482 (paperback) :
147282248X (paperback)
9781472822499
1472822498
9781472822475
1472822471
9781472822505
1472822501
CLC: F456.165-09
E926.33
Call Number: E926.33/B872
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Origins -- 3. The airframe -- 4. Engines and avionics -- 5. Flight testing -- 6. The politics -- 7. What might have been.