Hawker Siddeley P.1127 – Billeder og videoer

Den Hawker P.1127 og Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 er det eksperimentelle og udviklingsfly, der førte til Hawker Siddeley Harrier, den første lodrette og / eller korte start og landing (V / STOL) jetjagerbomber. Udviklingen af P.1127 begyndte i 1957 og udnyttede Bristol Engine Companys valg om at investere i oprettelsen af Pegasus' motor med vektorkraft. Testen begyndte i juli 1960, og ved udgangen af året havde flyet opnået både lodret start og vandret flyvning.

Kilde: Hawker Siddeley P.1127 på Wiki

Den Se hele annoncen 112.000 2017 I går 119.900 kr. was a British experimental jet aircraft developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was the first aircraft to demonstrate the ability to take off and land vertically using vectored thrust from a single engine. The P.1127 was designed by Sir Sydney Camm and his team at Hawker Aircraft, with the assistance of the Bristol Engine Company and the Royal Aircraft Establishment. The P.1127 was powered by a Bristol Pegasus turbofan engine, which could rotate its four nozzles to direct the thrust either horizontally for forward flight or vertically for hovering.
The P.1127 had a conventional wing and tail configuration, but with small wingtip jets for lateral stability and control in hover mode. The P.1127 made its first tethered flight in October 1960, and its first free flight in November 1960. It underwent extensive testing and evaluation by both Hawker and the Royal Air Force, proving the feasibility and potential of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The P.1127 was the precursor of the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel and the Harrier, which became the world’s first operational VTOL jet fighters.