Short Sperrin jet transport and Jet Princess

[Spark]

Hi Folks,
There is a reference at PRO Kew to jet transport option considered by the RAF based on 14/45 Short Sperrin, and a Jet Princess any details?

 

[robunos]

From here :-


http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9736.msg132586.html#msg132586


P.138 1950-52
"Versions of the SR.45 Princess with 12 DH Ghost or with 10 Rolls-Royce Avons and 2 RB.93 Jet Packs."


cheers,
Robin.

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

From here :-


http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9736.msg132586.html#msg132586

P.138 1950-52
"Versions of the SR.45 Princess with 12 DH Ghost or with 10 Rolls-Royce Avons and 2 RB.93 Jet Packs."


cheers,
Robin.

Here's an active link whereby the P.138 Jet Princess is mentioned:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...nd-other-flying-boat-projects.1220/#post-9818

 

[Norse]

Think here's the short sperrin jet transport

 

[Apophenia]

Think here's the short sperrin jet transport

I very much doubt that. The SA.4 Sperrin dates to 1951. This P.D.75 concept apparently was circa 1965.

In any case, even ignoring actual scale, nothing about the two designs suggests a direct derivative.

Sources

ChuckAnderson's original scan
-- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/shorts-p-d-75-british-unbuilt-jet-airliner-design.875/

Short Sperrin 3-view drawing
-- https://www.aviastar.org/air/england/short_sperrin.php
-- https://www.aviastar.org/pictures/england/short_sperrin.gif

 

[Grey Havoc]

On a tangent, the first Sperrin prototype, VX158, acting as a testbed for the de Havilland Gyron turbojet circa 1955/56:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1j7c3ws/short_sperrin_weird_nacelles_four_engines_were

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1j7c3ws/short_sperrin_weird_nacelles_four_engines_were/