Ho,
for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524
and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.
1948
cold war
flying boat
great britain
late 1940s
maritime patrol aircraft
maritime reconnaissance
post-world war ii
raf coastal command
royal air force
saunders-roe
supermarine aviation ltd
Saro F.177 Option to NA.47
Scenario(s) examining AH were Saro's F.177 aircraft is built and enters service.
Ok so it will be an absolute certainty that the negatives will pile on this one.
But in turn, if one is looking for a domestic UK fighter and light attack type then this is it.
Actually...
A handful of examples of the Saro/Blackburn Segrave twin-engined light touring monoplane were built in the early 1930s, mainly by Blackburn at Brough. Some were license-built by Piaggio as the P.12, but I don't know how many (Wikipedia suggests just two).
The last Blackburn-built Segrave was...
1950s
bundesmarine
cold war
early 1960s
fleet air arm
great britain
interceptor
kommando der marineflieger
marineflieger
royal air force
royal navy
saunders-roe
west germany
SARO projects for rescue lifeboat and Sea Raider commando attack gliders.
Descriptions and small 3-views from Tagg-Wheeler From Sea to Air;
larger drawings from Wheeler From River to Sea.
P.108 1949
Two versions of a glider, the hull of which detached to serve as a lifeboat. The Mk.II version...
joncarrfarrelly
Thread
1950s
air ministry
cold war
great britain
royal air force marine branch
royal marines
royal navy
saunders-roe
At the beginning of 1964 an US scrap merchant has been bought the three Saro Princess flying-boats. Around this time Aero Spacelines planned to equip them with landing gear, bigger fuselage and jet engines to transport the largest parts of the Saturn rockets from inside USA to the launch pads...
I've cut and pasted this from another site
SR.177 is a mixed powerplant interceptor and quite a flexible design to boot.
Japan had a look at it too, and at one point examined weather to buy the SR.53's. and the production jigs.
Had it entered service, its most likely the RAF and RN would...
My dear Jemiba,
the Cierva W-11T was enlarge version of W-11 with two 1620 hp Rolls-Royce
Merlin 502 engines,and W-12 project was to be fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart
turboprops .
cierva autogiro company
cold war
cunliffe-owen aircraft ltd
great britain
ministry of supply
royal aircraft establishment
saunders-roe
specification 10/48
specification e.19/46
british overseas airways corporation
british south american airways
cold war
great britain
peninsular and oriental steam navigation company
royal air force
royal navy
saunders-roe
united kingdom
world war ii
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