Hawker Siddeley HS.133 VTOL Airliner

[hesham]

Hi,

who knows this VTOL airliner aircraft Project ?.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1969/1969 - 3287.html

 

[Jemiba]

Looks like an enlarged HS.145,maybe the HS.147 ? This is described in Paynes "Stuck
On The Drawing Board" as a series of design studies for a fan-lift STOL airliner.

 

[Apophenia]

According to the Flight article, it's Hawker Siddeley's HS.133.

The HS.133 would have 16 lift engines ("possibly the RB.202") and two 10,000 lb.st RR Trent for propulsion (the FH-228 is mentioned so the Trent variant was related to that aircraft's 9,733 lb.st version). High cruise speeds were the reason for the delta wing.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1969/1969%20-%203288.html

 

[Jemiba]

Ah, shame !
Richard Payne even has it with artist impression AND 3-view. Not in
the projects list, but in the article about VTOL projects .
Of course, he has it !

(from R.Payne "Stuck On The Drawing Board")

 

[Grey Havoc]

An artist's impression of the Military version:

(h/t zebedee)