Hunting H-126

By the look of it that undercarriage was built to cope with some serious punishment

I have flown gliders that cannot fly as slowly as this aircraft can, such a shame the innovation that the UK once could display has now been lost.

Er, Have you wondered why , following evaluation both sides of the Atlantic, that the line of enquiry was discontinued?

I have flown gliders that cannot fly as slowly as this aircraft can, such a shame the innovation that the UK once could display has now been lost.

and a few more from this afternoon

I was lucky enough to see this fly at RAF Gaydon’s ‘At Home’ day on 17th September 1966. It flew fairly slowly with smoke emitting from its flaps to show the ‘blown flaps’ and landed in rather a STOL manner. It was built in 1963 and was operated by RAE Bedford for low speed handling trials for a while then in 1969 was flown out to the USA inside a Belfast for trials with NASA at Moffett Field. It was returned to Bedford in 1970 but was never flown again and was offered to Cosford in April 1974.

Or, if you would like a shot taken when it was still active. This is the Paris Air Show in 1965.

From a different angle
Regards Phil. 🙂

Slow afternoon at work 😀 😀 😀

Brian

Well, thanks Albert and Brian, don’t know why it took as long as nine minutes to get answers! The answers are always out there. 🙂

Cosford 12th July 06

Brian

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/hunting-h126.htm