British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2

British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2.
Role	Prototype of bomber.
National origin	UK
Manufacturer	British Aircraft Corporation
First flight	1964
Introduction	Project cancelled
Primary user	Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Number built	3 examples

The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a British military aircraft. It was a bomber project for the Royal Air Force. It was designed and built to carry a nuclear bomb. It was powered by the same kind of turbojets as the Concorde. Only one prototype was flown.

Images for kids

XR222 in white anti-flash finish, worn by all the completed TSR-2s, at Duxford, 2006
TSR-2 XR222 photographed at Duxford, 2009
TSR-2 XR220 at RAF Museum Cosford, 2002, with open access panel revealing interior details
TSR-2 XR222 photographed at Duxford, 2009
TSR-2 XR222 engine exhaust nozzles photographed at Duxford, 2009. The hinged panel in the centre above the engine nozzles contains the braking parachute
Serial number XR222 was one of only three "flight ready" TSR-2s completed, photographed at the Supermarine Spitfire 60th Anniversary Airshow, Duxford, 1996.
XR220 at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 2007. The two cockpit canopies are coated with a thin film of gold to protect the occupant's eyes from a nuclear flash
TSR-2 XR222 photographed at Duxford, 2009
TSR-2 XR220 at RAF Museum Cosford, UK
Forward fuselage used for testing seen on display at Brooklands Museum
XR220 profile drawing