Blackburn B.123 RAF/Naval Strike Fighter Aircraft 1961

[Barrington Bond]

 

[Mike Pryce]

Interesting as it shows how a land based version is bigger (and probably heavier, despite folding) than a carrier one, thanks to rough field undercarriage.

It's meant to be the other way round!

 

[hesham]

Hi,


from the book; From Spitfire to Eurofighter.

 

[Thorvic]

Interesting as it shows how a land based version is bigger (and probably heavier, despite folding) than a carrier one, thanks to rough field undercarriage.

It's meant to be the other way round!

Well carrier ones have to fit on the carrier lifts and hanger so thats the deciding factor i suppose. without that constraint the Air Force ones have a bigger wish list and thus bigger aircraft.

 

[SteveO]

Did this concept have 4 or 2 foward mounted lift jets? Were the lift jets mounted vertical or horizontally depending on which version, RAF or RN?

 

[hesham]

Hi,

this aircraft was submitted to Spec. OR.346,which its tenders were;

Blackburn B.123,De Havilland DH-127 & DH-128,Hawker P.1151,
P.1152 and P.1153.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

this aircraft was submitted to Spec. OR.346,which its tenders were;

Blackburn B.123,De Havilland DH-127 & DH-128,Hawker P.1151,
P.1152 and P.1153.

Has anyone a drawings to DH-127 and DH-128 fighter projects ?.

 

[Jemiba]

Based on D. Wood, "Project Cancelled":

 

[robunos]

Damn! Beat me to it... Here's the image from 'Project Cancelled', 2nd Ed. p.175.
"...the team at Hatfield [DeHavilland]...chose a completely different approach with a 50,000lbweight delta with folding outer wings. Known as the DH.127, this aircraft had a shoulder wing...like a french Mirage. Main power plant consisted of two reheated Speys with deflector nozzles at the turbine end. In the nose forward of the cockpit were...two lift engines to give longitudinal and lateral trim thrust. The 127 was designed to have a multi-purpose belly weapons bay to carry four AAMs, four AGMs, four 1000lbHE bombs, or a single nuclear store [would assume Red Beard]. In additionwing pylons could carry weapons or fuel."

Source; 'Project Cancelled', 2nd Ed. p172

cheers,
Robin.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dears Jemiba and Robunos,


and is that aircraft related to De Havilland ?.

 

[Thorvic]

Nope thats AFVG from Project Cancelled

 

[hesham]

Thank you Geoff_B.