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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Osprey Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
X-planes ;
5 |
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"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. |