British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 facts for kids
Quick facts for kids British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 |
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British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2. | |
Role | Prototype of bomber. |
National origin | UK |
Manufacturer | British Aircraft Corporation |
First flight | 1964 |
Introduction | Project cancelled |
Primary user | Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment |
Number built | 3 examples |
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a British military aircraft. It was a bomber project for the Royal Air Force. It was designed and built to carry a nuclear bomb. It was powered by the same kind of turbojets as the Concorde. Only one prototype was flown.
Images for kids
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Serial number XR222 was one of only three "flight ready" TSR-2s completed, photographed at the Supermarine Spitfire 60th Anniversary Airshow, Duxford, 1996.
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XR220 at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 2007. The two cockpit canopies are coated with a thin film of gold to protect the occupant's eyes from a nuclear flash
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Forward fuselage used for testing seen on display at Brooklands Museum
See also
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