BAC TSR-2, A Tribute to a Aerospace Legend.

A short Tribute to the "BAC TSR-2" Supersonic Interdictor.

My first Upload Video on YT.

The Images used are of "XR-219" (the only TSR-2 to fly) but 2 are of "XR-220" & "XR-222".

Also featured are the proposed...
"Vickers Type 581" & Vickers-Armstrong's Naval version of the TSR-2.

This Video is also a Tribute to "Airfix", the Plastic Model Company that were the First to produce a Buyable Scale Model of the TSR-2, & as such help keep memorys of her alive and well.

Soundtrack is "Muse - Map Of The Problematique"

To Obtain Airfix & Corgi's Scale Models of TSR-2:
http://www.airfix.com/
http://www.corgi.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/

To Obtain Damien Burke's new Book:
http://www.tsr2.info/

DISCLAIMER: NO OWNERSHIP OR COPYRIGHT CLAIM OF MATERIAL USED IS EITHER CLAIMED NOR INTENDED IN ANY WAY.

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[dmax631]

the TSR 2 embodied the RAF motto, "through adversity to the stars"

[TSR1989FF]

@dmax631 I couldn't Agree more.

[TSR1989FF]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Now that sounds familiar

(although i thought it was one of the first RAF Pilots that made that rather amusing goof).

Still, even more than the current Typhoon's the Lightning can best be discribed as....

"She climbs like a Homesick Angel" ~_^

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@TSR1989FF The Saudi test pilot would be the guy who said he had to fly the Lightning supersonically after only a few hours dual training! The RAF conversion course onto Lightning took 12 mths! He was advised by Bea not to use reheat on take off under any circumstances-considering his lack of experience. Needless to say, he did & the Lightning's performance caught him off guard completely! He did not get the undercarriage up until he was at 28,000 ft!!! ROFL

[TSR1989FF]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Agreed (100%).

It was indeed a national tragedy, as not just BAC itself but also many Supporting Industries that suffered as a result of the 1965 axing (including Marconi / EMI / Ferranti & many more [most of which are now gone forever]).

It was the 1957-65- Goverments' refusal to keep the Aviation Industry Healthy & as such repeatedly kicking it in the teeth it that is why we can't even successfully replace the Nimrod now, or pursue Home Projects' like the "BAE Replica".

[TSR1989FF]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Agreed, Roland "Bea" Beamont only got to fly XR-219 Supersonic once, so I also think we are yet to know exactly How Fast She really was/is (after all we still have both of XR-219's Sister planes ; )

I must admit i didn't know that about the Lightning, although i'm not surprised

(she is after all known as "The Flying Engine"), plus she impressed one Saudi Test Pilot so much he said afterward... "You British are so modest, she's EVEN FASTER than you said she is" ; )

[TSR1989FF]

@joluqa Thanks, i'll be uploading a (radically) updated version in September for the Anniversary of XR-219's First Flight.

[joluqa]

Great clip mate.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@TSR1989FF Correct. The Russians were quick to realise the potential of the TSR 2 and therefore the huge threat it represented. It would undoubtedly have been the most potent strike aircraft in the NATO arsenal. They did indeed commission the Mig 25 'Foxbat' as a response. How ironic that the duplicious, envious Americans & spineless socialist British politicians destroyed the TSR 2. A national disgrace & tragedy in equal measures- our aviation industry never recovered.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

To think that when they flew XR220 supersonically, they only engaged ONE afterburner & the TSR 2 pulled away from Jimmy Dell's Lightning- an aircraft capable of ferocious acceleration, with BOTH burners at full chat! I suspect the official performance figures for TSR 2 were extremely conservative. The Lightning was the ONLY NATO fighter that caught Concorde in a tail chase intercept competition in 1985, the F-15 got blown off. Just how fast would TSR 2 have been??