English Electric P.1B prototype XA847 fitted with an intake guard during gravel bed arrester trials in 1966

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RAE Technical Report covering the trials (PDF link)

In more glamorous times this particular airframe had the distinction of being the first British aircraft to fly at Mach 2, flown by Roland Beaumont on November 25th 1958. This made it the second Western European aircraft to reach Mach 2, the first one being the French Dassault Mirage III just over a month earlier on October 24th 1958.