Short SB.5
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short-sb-5-207-1065199
title:
Short SB.5
text:
The Short SB.5 was a "highly unorthodox, adjustable wing" British research aircraft designed by Short Brothers in response to the UK Air Ministry requirement ER.100; to provide input for the design of the English Electric P.1 by testing the low speed flight characteristics of various configurations of wing-sweep required for supersonic flight. The tailplane could be mounted either on top of the fin ("T-tail") or below the fuselage. The tests ultimately confirmed that the original P.1/Lightning d
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
British research aircraft
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_SB.5
date created:
2006-12-07T22:19:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:01:25Z
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