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If you're interested in the RAF's planned 50s rocket- and jet-propelled interceptors, check out Cold War Interceptor by Sharp. Limited signed copies available and add code FATHERST15 at checkout for 15% off! (tbh it actually works for all Mortons books😇) https://t.co/u8gucMO48u
If you're interested in the RAF's planned 50s rocket- and jet-propelled interceptors, check out Cold War Interceptor by Sharp. Limited signed copies available and add code FATHERST15 at checkout for 15% off! (tbh it actually works for all Mortons books😉) https://t.co/u8gucMO48u
The most expensive design in Britain's 1955 interceptor contest was de Havilland's DH.117 at £937,000 per aircraft or £22.5m in today's money. A Eurofighter costs £125m! The DH.117 was designed to hit Mach 2.35 with 2xGyron Juniors and 1xSpectre rocket. 👉 https://t.co/YwU0IS8zPr
Despite the concept seeming rather absurd today, Saunders-Roe had big plans for the SR.A/1 water-based fighter in the late 1940s as this period magazine ad, showing an advanced version of the design, shows.