What would this have been like in service

PeterN2 · Post by **PeterN2** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:31 pm

TSR2 cancelled by the Defence Secretary Dennis Healy and the Labour government in 1964. I have still not forgiven them for that act of vandalism. I remember it well even though I was only a school kid at the time. We ended up with the F4 Phantom, a fine aircraft, but I would rather have had this.

Regards

Peter.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=a7JAYHHsVU8&feature=related

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:55 am

Quite agree Peter. And the vandalism continues but this time with serving troops. They decide the war and the money to fight it with then the armed forces have to sort it with minimal tools.

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:06 am

"All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR.2 simply got the first three right."

- Sir Sydney Camm

More here....

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk ... istory.php

Joe

24626151 · Post by **24626151** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:07 pm

The biggest act of vandalism was to order all tooling and drawings destroyed, Why?

I am sure there is a reproduction at Duxford, non flying!

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:05 pm

Not a reproroduction, it is XR222 the real deal, and should now be on display in the new Airspace Exhibition Hall.

Joe

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Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:26 am

24626151 wrote:The biggest act of vandalism was to order all tooling and drawings destroyed, Why?

Presumably on the principle that - If there is no evidence to be found, then the 'crime' never happned and, therefore, there can be no blame attached to their (the vill ^H^H^H^H politician's) memory.

Yes, I'm cynical - but am I wrong?

Tom

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:41 pm

Sounds about right to me Tom,

Joe

Post by **Niner Delta** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:07 pm

And the F4 Phantoms had British engines with less performance.

Strike two............

Vern.

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:48 pm

Heres some more pics i took at Duxford this weekend...

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XR222 is one of two TSR2,s still extant, the other is at Cosford.

Sorry about the poor quality pics, my digi camera was not equal to the lighting conditions in the museum.

Joe