Saturday 24 May 2008

What's this?





If no-one guesses I will give the answer tomorrow.

13 comments:

Not a sheep said...

I thought it was a Gloster Javelin XH 767 but now I think I was wrong!

Brian said...

Bristol 188 made of stainless steel. RAF Museum at Cosford?

Anonymous said...

I was there,, I will not Guess,,, but thanks for the memories

Anonymous said...

An aeroplane at R.A.F Cosford

Anonymous said...

Is it that bomber labour chopped many moons ago,forgotten what it is called now

Anonymous said...

Bristol 188 or something like that.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, looks like the Bristol 188, an experimental supersonic reconnaissance (which is fitting since the first though I had when seeing the picture was: Hey, that looks reminiscent of the SR-71) aircraft built by the now defunct Bristol Aeroplane Company and living at RAF Cosford.
I take it the person who came up with its nickname, 'The Flaming Pencil' was trying to get fired.

Lester304 said...

Lessons learned from this aircraft were put to use in the Concord program.

schickelgruber said...

yeah, it's the 188 at Shropshire,..infidels! [Shropshire "Slasher"[nothing, or little to do with urinating]is my mentor], and mo "totty" on the site wouldn't kill[not that I'm against killing], would it?
Keep up the good work, Cheers.

Brian said...

Such as don't build an aeroplane from stainless steel and put sufficient fuel tankage in to allow the aircraft to accelerate to its design speed before having to land. Thirsty chaps those Gyron Juniors. Still, she polishes up lovely.

Lester304 said...

If they would have just added an air to air refueling probe, it would have been a more useful plane. What I just read about it that it used 70% of fuel load just getting to cruising altitude.
It is a beautiful design.

richard mcenroe said...

That's the famous Gloster Lawn Dart...

Anonymous said...

Looks kind of SR 71 ish but not