mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, what was the TSR2? > >Pretty much the same as the Avro; 25 years ahead of its time, double >supersonic, nuclear capable jet fighter which apparently scared the >Soviets silly. Not to mention our allies..... > >Cancelled by a rabid socialist Chancellor that some conpsiracy theorists >are convinced was the highest Soviet mole ever. He looks like a >mole.... 8-) > >http://www.aemann.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/aircraft/virtraf/tsr2.html >http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/tsr2/history.html
The main reason it got cancelled was that no one thought it could compete with the American F-111, with which it shared roughly the same intended role(s). Of course, the F-111 ended up experiencing delay after delay and reaching deployment many years late, a window which the TSR2 could have exploited (both in the RAF and for profitable overseas sales) if it had been built. 20-20 hindsight and all that... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
