Despite being favoured over Bristol's design, AWA was not able to spare the staff to realise the ER.134T research aircraft requirement, and so Bristol was awarded the contract.
As we know Bristol's 188 took a long time and was hampered by the Gyron Junior engines.
But what if AWA had staff...
1960s
air ministry
alternate history
armstrongwhitworthaircraft
avro 730
bristol aeroplane company
cold war
experimental
great britain
late 1950s
ministry of supply
operational requirement er.134t
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
supersonic
Hi folks,
Couldn't find a thread appropriate so here goes:
Blue Steel MkII full-scale mock up fitted with wing-tip-mounted Bristol Siddeley ramjets:
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Blue Steel Viper variant full-scale mock up:
Source
1950s
1960s
a.v. roe and company / avro
alcm
armstrong siddeley
armstrongwhitworthaircraft
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
ministry of supply
nuclear battlefield
or.1132
or.1159
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
stand-off bomb
united kingdom
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