Engine – Rolls-Royce Olympus 22R 320
Designed for the BAC TSR2, this engine provided 30610lbs thrust and was fitted with an afterburner (also seen on display next to the TSR2) which gave a …
Location: Test Flight
Hawker-Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1
Hawker had been privately developing a vertical take off aircraft since the 1950s under the code of P.1127. The success of this private venture, and the subsequent …
British Aerospace Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP)
Engine – Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca R.T.172 Adour 102
The Adour is a twin-shaft turbofan developed jointly by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom and Turbomeca in France under the administration of Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited. Various versions …
Fairey FD2
In the late 1940s Britain was trailing far behind in supersonic aircraft design. To try to retrieve matters the Ministry of Supply issued a specification for a …
Gloster Meteor F8 Prone Position
A much modified Meteor F8 fighter, the ‘prone position’ Meteor, was used to evaluate the advantages of coping with the effects of gravity while flying lying down. …
Hawker Hart Trainer
Used as an advanced trainer for the RAF, the Hart Trainer was developed from the Hart bomber variant. A training version allowed familiarisation of pilots with the …
Hunting H126
This unusual looking research aircraft was capable of flight at speeds as low as 51.5kph (32mph) by virtue of its ‘jet flaps’ which used thrust ducted from …
Saunders-Roe SR53
Like the Messerschmitt Me163 ‘Komet’ (which can also be seen at Cosford), the SR53 interceptor used a rocket motor to climb rapidly to high altitudes, but it …
SEPECAT Jaguar ACT Demonstrator
The Jaguar was the result of an Anglo-French collaboration to develop an advanced training and strike aircraft, entering service with the Royal Air Force in 1973. XX765 …
Short Brothers SB5 WG768
The SB5 was built to compare theories on the design of the wing and tail configuration of a new fighter, later to be known as the Lightning. …
Bristol Type 188
Built mainly of stainless steel, this aircraft was designed to investigate the effects of heat on aircraft structures at very high speeds. To protect the pilot against …
British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2
Although never developed beyond the prototype stage, the British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the 1960s. …
English Electric P1A
The first flight of P1 WG760 was on 4 August 1954, just 10 years after the RAF’s first jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered squadron service. It was …