2. Aircraft

IWM Duxford

Ross and I had a superb day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford 20 odd years after our first visit. The sound of warbirds flying all day just added to the atmosphere. The vehicles in the Land Warfare building are in the Military Vehicles folder. 10/5/2022
Read More
  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2023 SmugMug, Inc.
    The twin tail pipes of TSR2 airframe XR222 where the two Bristol Siddeley B.Ol.22R Olympus Mk.320 afterburning turbojet engines would have propelled this lost cause to Mach 2.15.
    The story of the TSR2, Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance, Mach 2, is well known but it was over due, way over budget and way better than anything the USA could produce and they conspired against it and it was cancelled in 1965.
    The other surviving airframe, XR220, is at the RAF Museum, Cosford. In the distance can be seen Spitfire F24, the final variant of the Spitfire. VN485 was built in 1947 and is powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon 61 engine. All its service was carried out in Hong Kong first with the RAF then being transferred to the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force in May 1952. It remained with the HKAAF until struck off charge in September 1955.