[pipojambo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdJxjvQZW4#


video of the TSR2 - listen from 2min 10 onwards

[estheticianI]

yep about the lightning I was at its last Airshow appearance.

that thing has got to be the most noisiest aircraft in the world

[pipojambo]

[indocrew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdJxjvQZW4#


video of the TSR2 - listen from 2min 10 onwards

The TSR2 is a hugely under estimated aircraft and on top of my dream/wish list to fly, one of the things I love about it is that it looks just like a Peregrine Falcon in flight, that can't be a bad thing aerodynamically.

On a slightly related note, I sat in the cockpit of an English Electric Canberra today. Hard to imagine they remained in service for 57 years! 1950-2007 is a long time for a first generation jet bomber. I also sat in a few other cockpits, the other notable was a spitfire, but hey, who hasn't sat in one of those

[pipojambo]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0hcQdk9FT2o

not my video - but enjoy part of the display

[st01en_lox]

Looks almost like somebody had a B2 style flying wing in mind, then chickened out and went traditional.

Interesting design, but if you had asked I would have guessed it as a French plane, since the French really like their delta--wings, and I don't have any memory of the British particularly going for that..

[JOR4qxYH]

Wasn't the Vulcan made before the B2?

[offemyJuccete]

Wasn't the Vulcan made before the B2?

yea by over 30 years lol

[st01en_lox]

Wasn't the Vulcan made before the B2?

I have never seen this plane before (or even heard of it) but another poster said it was 60's era, and America was doing B2 precursor aircraft like the YB-49 as early as the 50's or so, I think.

I have the impression the American and British aircraft industry were doing a kind of a tit-for-tat thing during that period, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were cribbing each other a bit.

Edit: I just got un-lazy enough to look it up and the YB-49 was actually 40's tech! It was even designed for the same tasks as the Vulcan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35

[JOR4qxYH]

Interesting... they are some of the best looking aircraft imo!


Looked up the Vulcan... 1952 was its maiden flight... so the B2 designs did come first.

[pipojambo]

and can be dated back to both the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

and jack northrop`s very own

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M

btw , jack northrop was shown the final design for what was to become the B2 before he died in 1981.

[st01en_lox]

and can be dated back to both the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

and jack northrop`s very own

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M

btw , jack northrop was shown the final design for what was to become the B2 before he died in 1981.

We always tend to think of things Like the B2 as something that just sprang wholly formed from some modern super-computer. Its always interesting to see how long it really took, and how necessary the earlier designs Like The YB's and the Vulcan were in finally giving us the knowledge to build the planes we have now.

[megatrendsZ]

Saw the Vulcan many a time at the Mildenhall Airshow in the 90's. Every car alarm within the airfield went off and left you winded as it took off! [thumbup]