BAC TSR.2 Aircraft

TSR.2, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

British Aircraft Corporation Ltd

First Flight:

27 September 1964

TSR.2:

1 - BAC (several other aircraft almost finished when project cancelled)

Type Specification

Applies to:

BAC TSR.2

Type:

Long-range, high and low level all-weather bomber to specification GOR.339

Wing:

High-wing cantilever monoplane. Swept delta wing with down-turned tips. All metal construction

Fuselage:

Long, slim, all-metal fuselage

Tail Unit:

Tailerons mounted mid-height on fuselage. All moving fin. All have swept leading edges

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle undercarriage. Nose gear has side by side wheels which retract rearwards into fuselage. Main gear has two wheels in line which retract forward into fuselage

Power Plant:

Two 30,600 lb st with reheat Bristol Olympus turbojet engines mounted in the fuselage

Accommodation:

Crew of two in tanden enclosed cockpits in forward fuselage. Pilot in front, navigator/weapons officer in rear

Armament:

Internal bomb-bay with addition pylons under wing carrying various combinations of bombs and missiles

Span:

37 ft 1.7 in

Length:

89 ft 0.5 in

Height:

23 ft 9 in

Wing Area:

702.9 sq ft

Empty:

54,750 lb

Normal Take-off:

102,200 lb

Max Speed:

Mach 2.0 plus at altitude

Ferry Range:

3,000 plus miles

Preserved in British Museums

TSR.2:

XR220 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display XR222 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford - Display Unknown - Brooklands Museum, Brooklands - Nose

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