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Another reason it failed was because some people in the Government thought it was better to buy US built aircraft. Personally I think someone had friends on the other side of the big lake.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
yeah we totally should have got the TSR.2, an amazing plane.......
I believe it would have been pretty good. Probably the best out there.
cheddar cheese
Major General
Definately. I belive that in the 80's the government looked at reinstating the porject but cancelled in again after tests showed that it was much better than the Tornado...
Ofcourse because the Government had there hands all over the Tornado, it was a joing project between European nations and needed to go on.
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Pisis
2nd Lieutenant
Was an amazing plane... I've heard it was almost finished when they decided to stop it. BTW, a RAF WWII ace Neville F. Duke was a testing pilot.
It was finished the aircraft was flown.
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Pisis
2nd Lieutenant
Yep, I know it was flown... They have one at Duxford and I think two others somewhere else...
Cheers,
Pisis
Cheers,
Pisis
I dont know how many were actually built before they canceled the project.
cheddar cheese
Major General
I think a couple of them are incomplete. Around 13 test flights were made, Im not sure how many were built though.
Another great design defeated by money hungry poloticians. Its a shame really.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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one was flown, a second was almost complete but was never flown.......
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Pisis
2nd Lieutenant
how many were built overall then?
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
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just those two i beleive, there may have been a 3rd on the way, i'll check tonight............
cheddar cheese
Major General
Yes I think one was fullly built, and 2 were incomplete. I think one of these incomplete ones was broken up for scrap or something though.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
yes i know atleast one was broken up for scrap, i have all the answers in a book upstairs, i'll check tonight........
cheddar cheese
Major General
So do I, but im checking now...
Yes one was built, when the project was cancelled on April 6th 1965 all toolings, drawings and parts were destroyed or scrapped, with 2 incomplete prototypes surviving.
