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Avro 730 Supersonic Bomber Concept (1956) |
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In 1955, Britain's Avro company
began to develop plans for a high-altitude Mach 2.5 reconnaissance aircraft.
Several configurations were examined, but all centered around a
straight-wing design featuring a thoroughly enclosed cockpit with no
windscreen to reduce drag, large canards, and two engine nacelles,
each containing multiple power plants. (Early plans called for wing-tip
nacelles, but these were later moved closer to the fuselage.) A retractable
periscope would be used to aid the pilot with take-offs and landings. By December 1956 the final design had been developed. The plane would carry a crew of two -- a pilot and a navigator -- who would sit by-by-side. Each nacelle would contain four Armstrong-Siddeley P.176 engines. And, most important of all, the plane could also function as a bomber, carrying either a specially designed short-course weapon or Britain's Red Beard tactical bomb. Unfortunately, the project was cancelled in 1957, a victim of the U.K.'s infamous Defense White Paper. |
"Absolutely superb, beautiful shape, very nice castings!" - Roger Todd, United Kingdom |
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