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UK Missile pics
Thor, Fireflash, and others.
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Seacat, SeaSlug, and other.
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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"Blue Water" missile
Continuing the theme of this thread, here are links to photos and information on the English Electric Blue Water nuclear-capable battlefield ballistic missile (see: http://www.skomer.u-net.com/projects/bluewater.htm , http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarch...20-%202516.html , and http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/bluwater.htm ).
Powered by a Cuckoo solid propellant rocket motor, it had a range of 55 miles, but despite its promising tests the British government bought the shorter-range US Honest John instead. The book "Project Cancelled" by Derek Wood (see: http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.c.../references.php ) includes 3-view drawings of two *air-launched* variants of the Blue Water that were intended to be carried by the cancelled TSR2 (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_TSR-2 ) tactical strike aircraft.
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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[The acceleration of the Mk. II can be gauged from the data on an information board at the Bristol Aeroplane Company Museum at Kemble Airfield, Kemble, Gloucestershire, where a complete Bloodhound can be seen. The Mark of Bloodhound this data refers to is not given but is presumably the Mark II since the top speed of the Mk. I is Mach 2.2: "By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1800 mph"]
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR Last edited by blackshire : 07-14-2010 at 04:41 AM. Reason: This ol' hoss done forgot somethin'. |
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That Bloodhound is one of the coolest missles I have ever seen. Thanks for the reference. Looks like one could kitbash (or 'modify') a Fliskits Thunderbird and be pretty close.
I see a project..... to go along with my other umpteen ones in the fire! Allen |
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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