Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Britain’s Missed Mirage? - The Fairey Delta 2" video.

History is full of these predictions which turns out to be wrong. Twenty years before they were saying 'the bomber will always get through.' Turns out that was not true either.
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I had wondered what happened to the Fairey Delta as she showed such promise. So it is good to finally find out. Thanks Ed. Of course the best and most famous delta wing aircraft has got to be the Avro Vulcan. It had a phenomenal power to weight ratio which meant that at 60,000 feet it could out turn many fighters aircraft of its day. There was a joke that if it had a gun it could dogfight any Soviet fighter of the 50s or 60s.
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@20chocsaday One of the things with the TSR 2 was that they wanted it all singing and all dancing. Whereas something more realistic, and much less expensive, could well have worked for the role it was to be used for. The plus side is that many lessons learned from the TSR 2 were carried forward with the Tornado.
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