As we know, the BAC TSR-2 was a cancelled Strike and Reconnaissance aircraft which was to be developed for the RAF during the height of the Cold War in the ’60s. It showed to have potential and promise despite some teething issues during development and testing, which is expected for any programme, even today. Nevertheless, the TSR-1 was an aircraft that ‘should have been’ and as we know, politics buried the programme and broke the hearts if it’s creators and it’s potential operators.
If the Politicians had have supported the TSR-2 programme, where would it have led and where would it have been today?…
“All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR-2 simply got the first three right.”
-Sir Sydney Camm.
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May 27, 2013 at 10:36 pm