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UK F-155T requirement.

Ok, The F-155T requirement was a British 1950s tender for a Mach-3 long range heavy interceptor/missile weapons system. There were a number of solutions offered all of them extremely interesting. I have managed to track down images for some of them.

Fairey Delta-3, This was the version that was selected before the programme was cancelled in 1957. Whilst being huge, this was the most conventional looking of the contenders.

http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Cancel/UK-Feirey.htm

Vickers/Supermarine Type 559- Certainly the coolest looking offer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vickers559_03.jpg

Hawker P.1103- possibly the most sensible of the designs,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H-p1103.JPG

Armstrong Whitworth AW.169- the most period looking of the offerings.

http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Cancel/UK-AW.htm

What I am looking for is a picture or rendition or model of the English Electric offering, the P8 or Lightning F7 as it is sometimes reffered to, It is briefly described in the link below.

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/history.html

Any help would be very much appreciated, thankyou in advance sealordlawrence.

Ps, I will post this in the historic forum as well as there does not seem to be much cross communication between the two.;)

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