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Every British jet aircraft ever built including experimental prototypes. The stubby camouflaged one at the bottom left is the first British jet, the Gloster E28/39. The white aircraft that dominates the painting is the TSR-2. Al_in_Ottawa
The “chopper,” if you are referring to the aircraft on lower left, is the Fairey Rotodyne, actually a gyrodyne that powered its rotating blades by forcing compressed air, and fuel, out through those blades, where the fuel/air mixture was ignited to provide tangential thrust for vertical takeoff and landing. In forward flight, turboprops propelled the aircraft forward and the unpowered rotating blades contributed lift. The concept was a failure due in no small part to the incredibly loud noise of the powered tipjets. Revell made a neat model of the Rotodyne back in the ‘60s. Yeah, I built one of those kits.
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ReplyDeleteEvery British jet aircraft ever built including experimental prototypes. The stubby camouflaged one at the bottom left is the first British jet, the Gloster E28/39. The white aircraft that dominates the painting is the TSR-2.
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Gotta hand it to the Blokes….they design some seriously funny lookin aircraft.
DeleteThey even snuck a chopper in there.
DeleteThe “chopper,” if you are referring to the aircraft on lower left, is the Fairey Rotodyne, actually a gyrodyne that powered its rotating blades by forcing compressed air, and fuel, out through those blades, where the fuel/air mixture was ignited to provide tangential thrust for vertical takeoff and landing. In forward flight, turboprops propelled the aircraft forward and the unpowered rotating blades contributed lift. The concept was a failure due in no small part to the incredibly loud noise of the powered tipjets. Revell made a neat model of the Rotodyne back in the ‘60s. Yeah, I built one of those kits.
DeleteThe TSR1 was supposed to have been an amazing plane.
DeleteI can see a couple of white painted planes that never flew and I'm sure one of those was never more than a paper design.
ReplyDeleteBritish jet aircraft design..??...was it influenced by their bad teeth.......??
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