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    Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), for the Royal Air...
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  • term Traffic-sign recognition, by equipment in vehicles BAC TSR-2, a prototype British bomber TSR I and II, prototypes of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber...
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    the cancelled BAC TSR-2 strike bomber. The project was cancelled in June 1967, when the French Government withdrew from participation. BAC modified the...
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    in the Vulcan, later versions added reheat for use in the supersonic BAC TSR-2. Bristol Aero Engines merged with Armstrong Siddeley Motors in 1959 to...
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    rejected as not meeting the specification in favour of the more advanced BAC TSR-2 bomber, but this aircraft would be cancelled largely due to its high cost...
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  • The project was initiated in 1965 following the cancellation of the BAC TSR-2 strike aircraft. The aircraft was planned as a hybrid of several variants...
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    modern aircraft for this role, development of the BAC TSR-2 (from "Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance, Mach 2") began, but this program was later cancelled...
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  • large supersonic strike aircraft, which would become the BAC TSR-2. Accordingly, during 1960, BAC was created as a jointly-owned corporation by Vickers,...
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    BSEL Olympus Mk 320 turbojet engine, which was already flying in the BAC TSR-2 supersonic strike bomber prototype, was chosen instead. Boundary layer...
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    air-to-ground attacks. This AIRPASS II was originally intended for the BAC TSR.2, but when that aircraft was cancelled in 1965, it was subsequently used...
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    McDonnell Douglas Phantom II and the RAF placed a greater importance on the BAC TSR-2's ongoing development. Work continued on elements of the project, such...
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    afterburning variant, the Bristol Siddeley Olympus Mk 320, powered the cancelled BAC TSR-2 strike aircraft. A further afterburning variant was the Rolls-Royce/Snecma...
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    aircraft, such as the McDonnell F-4C/RF-4C, Dassault Mirage IVA, and the BAC TSR-2 were also considered for the role. However, the General Dynamics F-111C...
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    Valiant Blackburn Buccaneer English Electric Canberra (experimental) BAC TSR-2 prototype Saunders-Roe SR.53 interceptor prototype  United States Convair...
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    Bristol-Siddeley/Rolls-Royce Olympus was fitted with afterburners for use with the BAC TSR-2. This system was designed and developed jointly by Bristol-Siddeley and...
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    Rolls-Royce) Olympus 593 powerplant, which powered both Concorde and the BAC TSR-2 bomber. During the late 1960s, it had been intended for both of the Type 188...
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    Myasishchev M-50 Bounder Sukhoi T-4 Sotka BAC TSR-2 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (70,000 lb (32,000 kg)) Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (40,000 lb (18,000 kg)) Rockwell...
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    been designed for sustained (45 minutes) flight at Mach 2.2 as the engine for the BAC TSR-2. The 591 was redesigned, being known as the 593, with specification...
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    Warton Aerodrome (redirect from BAC Warton)
    including the English Electric Canberra, the English Electric Lightning, the BAC TSR-2, the Sepecat Jaguar, the Panavia Tornado, the BAE Hawk (formerly the Hawker...
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  • British test pilot. He is best remembered for his involvement in the BAC TSR-2 test programme, being one of only three test pilots to fly the aircraft...
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    McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. The British government canceled the BAC TSR-2 strike aircraft in 1965, citing the lower costs for the TFX and ordered...
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    the BAC TSR-2, Dassault Mirage IV, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, and North American A-5 Vigilante, and initially appeared to favour the TSR-2, but...
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    developed to meet Air Ministry Specification GOR.339, designated as the BAC TSR-2; however, this too would be eventually cancelled. Following the end of...
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    Avro Vulcan (redirect from Avro Vulcan B.2)
    American A-5 Vigilante, BAC TSR-2, General Dynamics F-111, had become available. Had the Australian government pre-ordered the TSR-2, several V-bombers, including...
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    free-fall nuclear bomb Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era BAC TSR-2 Convair B-58 Hustler Dassault Mirage IV North American A-5 Vigilante Tupolev...
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    anticipated for the BAC TSR-2, the requirement stating a dropping speed of from Mach number M 0.75 to M 1.15, at a height of 50 feet (15 m) for TSR-2; and M 0.75...
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  • EM-2 rifle Farquhar-Hill rifle FN FAL Bullpup .280 Howard Francis machine carbine L64/65 Sterling SAR-87 Armstrong Whitworth AW.681 Avro 730 BAC TSR-2 BAE...
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    the lip of the intake. This improves pressure recovery. Some aircraft (BAC TSR-2, F-104, Mirage III) use a semi-conic centrebody. The F-111 has a quarter...
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  • protein involved in ribosome biogenesis the BAC TSR-2, British Aircraft Corporation Tactical Strike/Reconnaissance 2 the former name of RTS Deux, a public television...
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    Dyna-Soar programs. Lockheed YF-12 (1963) (USA). EWR VJ 101 (1963) (Germany). BAC TSR-2 (1964) (UK). North American XB-70 Valkyrie (1964) (USA). Helwan HA-300...
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