Short SC.1 XG905
Short SC.1 XG905, the second SC.1, on the tether rig at Belfast for initial tethered flight tests. The firstt SC.1, XG900, had conducted Engine running trials and was transported to the A&AEE at Boscombe Down for conventional flight trials in 1957. First conventional flight was by XG900 on 2 April 1957 at Boscombe Down and the first vertical flight was carried out by XG905 on 26 May 1958 at Belfast
Picture No
13140090
Media ID
47748219
Size
5253px x 3978px
(2.8MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from an original print
Date
1958
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A And Aee Boscombe Conducted Conventional Initial Sc.1 Tests Tether Tethered Transported Xg905
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