RAAF's F-111's free to good home

[JG52Krupi]

GRRRR... Give me a TSR2 any day....

Saddest day in British aviation history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjN3P...eature=related

As good as the F-111 turned out to be I can't help but see it as the aircraft that doomed what was going to be a fantastic aircraft... no patriotism here BTW just sad to see politics destroy a great aircraft.

[TomcatViP]

TSR2?!!... Defiitively I can understand now that you are (so) British

[Sternjaeger II]

yup, I have to say that I never understood the nostalgia for the plane that never was

[JG52Krupi]

Yeah I can't either...

The TSR2 "was" you utter fool, it flew it was on the verge of full scale manufacturing, if it was an aircraft that never made it off the drawing board then yes I could understand that but it was almost complete and a better aircraft.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Yeah I can't either...

The TSR2 "was" you utter fool, it flew it was on the verge of full scale manufacturing, if it was an aircraft that never made it off the drawing board then yes I could understand that but it was almost complete and a better aircraft.

I meant nobody really knows how the TSR2 would have operated, since it never made it to production, what I meant is that I don't understand what all this "aaah I wish we had the RSR2!" is based on, if it's because it's a cool all British plane or because it actually served a purpose.

From what I could see and read on the plane anyway, maybe it's a good thing it never made it: it would have cost you a lot of money and would have soon become obsolete.

Cool plane nonetheless, the one in Cosford is fantastic.

[bw_wolverine]

Let's not get started on 'Aircraft that might have been'.

As a Canadian, the Avro Arrow story makes me rage.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

Let's not get started on 'Aircraft that might have been'.

As a Canadian, the Avro Arrow story makes me rage.

yeah, the two have disturbingly similar fates (and looks!)