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Sep. 09, 1964 - Airborne at last - the TSR 2 - and she is a Great Success'. Britain's newest warplane - The TSR - 2 went into the air yesterday for the first time - piloted by Test Pilot Roly Beaumont - at Boscombe Down, Wilts. The TSR-2 - the initials mean Tactical Strike Reconnaissance aircraft Mark 2 - is built by the British Aircraft Corporation and is capable of 1, 400 m.p.h. the TSR 2 programme of fifty planes is expected to cost in the region of £500, 000, 000 during the test flight - Beaumont kept the machine below 10, 000ft. - for in service it is for use as a low level strike aircraft. After the flight - Sqd. Leader Deaumont said It looks like a winner'. Photo shows view of the TSR2 as the climbs into the sky on taking off for the first time from Boscombe Down, Wilts
