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English Electric P1A
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1954-1982, In Storage, 1987/0014/A
The first flight of P1 WG760 was on 4 August 1954, just 10 years after the RAF’s first jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered squadron service. It was experimental and was the basis for the RAF’s front line fighter, the English Electric Lightning.
Fairey Delta 2
Aircraft & Exhibits, FEB 1956-SEP 1967, Cosford, Hangar Two, 85/A/10
In the late 1940s Britain was trailing far behind in supersonic aircraft design. To try to retrieve matters the Ministry of Supply issued a specification for a supersonic research aircraft, and Fairey set about meeting this with a delta-winged aircraft designed for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
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- Boscombe Down
- RAF Cosford [2]
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- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1956
- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1955 [1]
- SBAC Air Display, Farnborough, 1957 [1]