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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Ken T on 19 December 2010, 13:12:21
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Just found this on fleabay,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAC-TSR2-RAF-Aircraft-Olympus-320-Jet-Engine-TSR-2-/140483508066?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20b5783762
Shame its not in an airframe where it belongs. :'(
Anyone got a spare 2 million ?.
Ken
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I have a feeling Ken this has been on the market before ;) ;)
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Last time I told them to donate it to XR220 and try to get it airworthy
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Not sure I like the idea that its had 2 catastrophic failures in its life time...
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The only catastrophic failure associated with the TSR2 was to allow such an incompetant government have any control what so ever over its development.
The plane had an uphill struggle all the way, new unproven engine and new airframe, a no-no in sensible aircraft development, a whole mass of requirements that pushed technology boundaries beyond what was currently possible.
However it overcame almost all the obstacles and was flying pretty well, when the hatchet men cancelled it. Anyone figured out why they destroyed all the plans, data, WIP in such a hurry ?.
Ken
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The only catastrophic failure associated with the TSR2 was to allow such an incompetant government have any control what so ever over its development.
The plane had an uphill struggle all the way, new unproven engine and new airframe, a no-no in sensible aircraft development, a whole mass of requirements that pushed technology boundaries beyond what was currently possible.
However it overcame almost all the obstacles and was flying pretty well, when the hatchet men cancelled it. Anyone figured out why they destroyed all the plans, data, WIP in such a hurry ?.
Ken
A communist in charge of the country? Effing traitor >:( >:(
My dad saw XR219 fly