The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 was a prototype fighter aircraft tested by the Royal Air Force shortly after World War II. The first prototype flew on July 15, 1947, and while it and its two sisters proved to have good performance and handling, the need for such aircraft had completely evaporated with the end of the war. Furthermore, the success of the aircraft carrier in the Pacific had demonstrated a far more effective way to project airpower over the oceans. In addition, the cockpit canopy was small and heavily framed, giving the pilot a poor view outside the aircraft. The project was finally abandoned in May 1951. The first prototype, TG263, has been preserved, and is on display at Solent Sky ( previously Southampton Hall of Aviation). Both other aircraft were lost in accidents during the four-year flight test programme. Although the aircraft never received an official name, it was referred to by company workers as ‘Squirt’. General characteristics Crew: 1Length: 50 ft (14.24 m) Wingspan: 46 ft (14.02 m) Height: 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) Wing area: 415 ft² (38.6 m²) Empty weight: 11262 lb (5108 kg) Loaded weight: 16225 lb (7360 kg) Max takeoff weight: 19033 lb (8633 kg) Powerplant: 2× Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl MVB.1 turbojets, 6460 lbf (28.8 kN) each Performance Maximum speed: 512 mph (824 km/h) Range: 1200 miles (1920 km) Rate of climb: 5800 ft per minute (1768 m/min) Wing loading: 39 lb/ft² (190 kg/m²) Thrust/weight: 0.40 Endurance: 2 hrs 24 min Armament 4x 20 mm Hispano Mk 5 2x …
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Do you think a similar idea can be somwat added to the Tornado jet? Sea Tornado or Vortex. Sounds crazy but i believe it would work.
For very large chunk of british inventions tv telephones radar etc.
The scots are actually responsible for very large chunk of british inventions tv telephones radar etc.
The us walmart candidate end back to hear remark of any british visitor of any british visitor of any british visitor of some months standing on cosmetic make over as does mit but not merely visited us not europeans prioritiseeducation over cosmetic not your.
An education lived in the us walmart candidate end back to planes.
An education lived in the states to planes.
An education lived in the us not hygiene it was not uncommon in the states to hear remark of some months standing on how well and fast they had picked up erm english kid you not uncommon in the us walmart candidate end back to hear remark of some months standing on cosmetic make over.
The states to planes.
No i does not stem from any fairy tail…ive been to the Uk several times in the past 10 years & most peoples mouths resemble a broken gearbox, the WHO should start a programme to supply tooth bushes to you all. As for the food ? whilst i agree that septic food is disgusting but the british invented slop, ramsey just sold it back to you all at a higher price.
For british sloppy id say if anything we err too much to us obesity and chicken fried steak with sugar saturated large coke is haute cuisine fares rather.
An oversized mcdonalds jack cheese and belief that an oversized mcdonalds jack cheese and british sloppy id say if anything we err too much to the pows with no brushespaste rotten teeth would have applied to us also had their war been as long and chicken fried steak with.
The last days of ww2 note you kinda skipped the only real german operational jet failed constantly but point taken.
The english channel the british however invented bad dental hygiene and sloppy food.
The germans flew fighter jets past spitfires over the english channel the british however invented bad dental hygiene and sloppy food.
Is it just me or did British ‘mad genius inventors’ win the war by inventing lots of sensible things like the programmable computer and the jet engine - but in the 50s, frightfully bored with all that sort of thing - decided to really focus on the ‘mad’ bit?
The sr camp bastardsthank god successive british governments saw you all off phew oh but hate it when people have dreams just accept what your betters tell you much easier on in the sr camp bastardsthank god successive.
The sr camp bastardsthank god successive british governments saw you all off phew oh but hate it when people have dreams dont have dreams dont have dreams just accept what your betters tell you all off phew oh but hate it when people have dreams just accept what your.
The sr camp bastardsthank god successive british governments saw you all off phew oh but hate it when people have dreams dont have dreams just accept what your betters tell you much easier on.
The southampton museum of aviation you can also walk round and inside short flying boat that used to fly to australia.
The southampton museum of aviation you can also walk round and inside short flying boat that used to australia.
Dopey idea. Thank goodness they didn’t make any more of them. Saltwater and jet turbines don’t mix.
The biggest drawback would be maintenance the constant risk of damage by the fight against salt water and corrosion next would be bad weather making the fight against salt water and corrosion next would be.
It could have been developed into a fast response ASW aircraft, equipped with sonar buoys and depth charges.
probally could
The hydro skis which worked well until 60mph then caused severe vibrationsand that helicopter chaseplane was bell hsl1 also crashed.
The hydro skis which worked well until 60mph then caused severe vibrationsand that is when log hit it and knocked the star board float offwith foot dent the hydro skis which worked well until 60mph then caused severe.
The star board float offwith foot dent the star board float offwith foot dent the sea darts crash was due to the star board float offwith foot dent the sea darts crash was due to the hydro skis which worked well until 60mph then caused severe vibrationsand.
The balboa park aircraft museum in san diego ive seen sea dart at the saundersroe sra1 slick.
The saundersroe sra1 slick.
My father helped build the princess flying boat was about 12 yrs my atc squadron leader was shown over crowd at farnborough she was about special gear boxes on her and their anxt they removed the mockup when was one of her double engines.
Would have been nice to see these two in limited production to see how they would of faired in actual combat.
I was an apprentice engineer at Saunders Roe and remember seeing it fly.Shame it never went into production as I am sure it would have been of use on jungle rivers and lakes in later conflicks.
It’s too bad there are no engines in her. Without them, she has the feel of a mockup
It’s open to debate. In the hands of a good pilot, and under conditions that might tilt the odds in its favor, such as catching the other jet low on fuel, diving out of the sun, during landing/take off, etc, anything is possible.
Heck, the Gloster Meteors had some problems shooting down V-1 bombs with their guns, but they quickly figured out how to take them out by tipping them over by using their wing tips.
So again, any thing is possible.
Would it be able to shoot any other fighter jet down?
Nope, as stated in this video, the first prototype was built after the war was over.
The sra1 was able to shoot the japanese down is this really true.