Hawker Siddeley P.1127 – 写真&動画

ザ ホーカー P.1127 と ホーカー・シドレー・ケストレル FGA.1 ホーカーシドレーハリアー、最初の垂直および/または短い離着陸(V / STOL)ジェット戦闘爆撃機につながった実験的および開発的な航空機です。P.1127の開発は1957年に始まり、ブリストル・エンジン社がペガサスのベクトル推力エンジンの開発に投資するという選択を利用した。テストは1960年7月に始まり、年末までに航空機は垂直離陸と水平飛行の両方を達成しました。

ソース： ホーカー・シドレー P.1127 ウィキ

ザ ホーカー・シドレー P.1127 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 イギリス空軍, 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.