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    AWA.166 instead of Bristol 188

    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...
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    • 1960s air ministry alternate history armstrong whitworth aircraft 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
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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    Blue Steel Developments

    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: Source Blue Steel Viper variant full-scale mock up: Source
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    • 1950s 1960s a.v. roe and company / avro alcm armstrong siddeley armstrong whitworth aircraft 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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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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    Armstrong Whitworth civil aircraft projects 1934

    Prior to finalising the design of the AW27 Ensign Armstrong Whitworth worked on a number of alternative airliner types
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    Armstrong Whitworth 670

    The Aeroplane 26th April 1957
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    Armstrong-Whitworth Pyramid and new launch vehicle

    In Volume 59 Supplement 2, 2006 of BIS’s Space Chronicles – UK Spaceplanes, has an article on the late 50’s Armstrong Whitworth Pyramid manned vehicle and a new launcher for it with a launch mass of 160 tonnes and a diameter of 3.96m and a first stage length of 12.5m (nothing quoted for second...
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    • armstrong whitworth aircraft cold war great britain late 1950s moon royal air force space age space race
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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