UK VTOL strike recce aircraft of 1959

[hesham]

Hi,

in 1959,the Air Ministry issued a competition for VTOL strike recce aircraft,
the tenders were English Electric P.31 and Gloster P.505,I don't know if
there was anther contenders or not,but I ask for more info about those
two projects.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the P.31 was VTOL strike recce aircraft project with vectored
thrust concept with swivelling lift jets.