TSR2 - THE FULL STORY/ DESIGNED BY VICKERS & E.E., BUILT BY BAC, TESTED BY AN RAF WAR ACE & SCRAPPED BY LABOUR!
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TSR2 - TACTICAL, STRIKE, RECONNAISSANCE (25 pages)
Aimed by the RAF's Top Brass to provide a replacement for the V-Force, this aeroplane proved to be a world-beater in every area except politics. Believing that the days of manned aircraft were numbered in favour of missiles, Wilson's labour government grounded the prototype, destroyed the jigs, plans and machine tools and consigned the greatest aircraft ever to come out of the British aviation industry to oblivion.
Contents:
The first flight & trials
OR.343
The aircraft, its equipment & systems
Cancellation
Airborne in the TSR2
Annotated cutaway drawing
TSR2 - The martyrdom of a superjet
PLUS: Contemporary PR Adverts and many pictures