1963 Hugh Merewether article on Pl1127 Development from Flight

[richard]

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• 602 FLIGHT International, 25 April 1963 P. 1127 Development THE EVOLUTION OF AN OUTSTANDING V/STOL TACTICAL AEROPLANE I N a paper read in Washington earlier this month, Hawker test pilot H. C. H

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hawker aircraft | flight international | aircraft | 1963 | 0629 | Flight Archive

FLIGHT International, 25 April 1963 and around it Hawker Aircraft were able toplantheP.1127. It has always been apparent that the P. 1127 is not merely a flying test bed for an entirely new and r

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[Vahe Demirjian]

Did Sir Sydney Camm start development of the P.1127 after hearing of Michel Wibault's vectored thrust propulsion system, since some British engineers saw the vectored thrust engine as more efficient than separate lift jets, which could prove deadweight when a VTOL jet fighter was in forward flight?

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Have you considered reading the article above your post? It's pretty clear what the answer is.