Shorts Vertical Take-off aircraft

[hesham]

From Ailes 2/3/1962.

 

[Schneiderman]

I don't recognise that one as a Short design and it does not appear to match the description in the text, which says it was derived from the Belfast. Does anyone know its designation?

 

[hesham]

From Ali Nuove 9/1959,

here is a Shorts VTOL Project.

From Aeroplane 1959.

 

[Nik]

Could several of these 'Too small for fuel / ordnance' have been intended as sub-scale 'Proof of Concept', hence over-sized cockpits etc ??

IIRC, there was a famous 'mini-Vulcan'...

 

[hesham]

From Flight 1960.

 

[hesham]

From flygrevyn_1957-2

 

[Aeroflight]

Here's some pictures of a P.D.55 model I found in the Shorts collection of the Public Records Office Northern Ireland.