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Funky NATO names for Soviet aircraft

#62
EdHunter said:
Considering the massive deal everyone makes about how the F22 has supercruise, I still like to remind myself about how the TSR-2 was doing that 40 odd years ago.
What a plane that would have been, had the government not pulled the plug at the last minute. :(
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Wasn't the Lightning supercruise-capable? First prototype of that was mid-1940s, IIRC.

(Saw a few of them in operation when I was a sprog at RAF Waddington, along with the Vulcans that were stationed there).
 
#63
UncleFluffy said:
Wasn't the Lightning supercruise-capable? First prototype of that was mid-1940s, IIRC.

(Saw a few of them in operation when I was a sprog at RAF Waddington, along with the Vulcans that were stationed there).
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Not sure about the supercruise, but the first Lightning prototypes were mid 50s.

Vulcans and Lightnings? The sheer amount of awesome coming from Waddy at that time must have been dangerous.
 
#64
EdHunter said:
Not sure about the supercruise, but the first Lightning prototypes were mid 50s.

Vulcans and Lightnings? The sheer amount of awesome coming from Waddy at that time must have been dangerous.
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Wiki says you're right about the dates and I'm right about the supercruise. Lightning project started 1947 and first flight was 1954. Supercruise-capable at Mach 1.22.

Yeah, I used to live just up the road when I was a kid. They had open days for the neighbours once a year. I assume they locked up the nukes first.
 
#67
EdHunter said:
We have a winner!
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A model- the pic of the actual craft had the name in the caption.
 

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