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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.

Fairey FD2 on display at RAFM Cosford., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Focus on Faireys, 1956

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/48

Film in which Gloster Meteor and Fairey Firefly aircraft participate in air-to-air missile trials and Peter Twiss, flying a Fairey Delta 2 high-speed experimental aircraft, sets a new speed record.

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Four figure flight

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/105/1

Film on the air speed record set by test pilot Peter Twiss, flying the Fairey Delta FD2 experimental high-speed aircraft. The flight is illustrated and Twiss comments on the achievement.

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