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Saunders-Roe SR.177

Index Saunders-Roe SR.177

The Saunders-Roe SR.177 was a 1950s project to develop a combined jet- and rocket-powered interceptor aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 48 relations: Aircraft interception radar, Armstrong Whitworth, Aubrey Jones, Avro 720, Blown flap, De Havilland Firestreak, De Havilland Gyron Junior, De Havilland Spectre, Duncan Sandys, English Electric Lightning, Flight International, Franz Josef Strauss, German Navy, Heinkel, Interceptor aircraft, Janes Information Services, Japan, Jet engine, Jet propulsion, Jig (tool), Layoff, Lockheed bribery scandals, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Maiden flight, Maurice Brennan, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Supply, Missile, Nazi Germany, Nord 1500 Griffon, Operational Requirement F.155, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Radar, Reconnaissance, Red Top (missile), Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor, Rocket, Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.153, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Saunders-Roe, Saunders-Roe SR.53, SNCASO Trident, Strike fighter, West Germany, World War II, 1957 Defence White Paper.

  2. 1950s British fighter aircraft
  3. Mixed-power aircraft
  4. Saro aircraft

Aircraft interception radar

Aircraft interception radar, or AI radar for short, is a British term for radar systems used to equip aircraft with the means to find and track other flying aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Aircraft interception radar

Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Armstrong Whitworth

Aubrey Jones

Aubrey Jones (20 November 1911 – 10 April 2003) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green from 1950 to 1965.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Aubrey Jones

Avro 720

The Avro 720 was an in-development British single-seat interceptor of the 1950s. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Avro 720 are 1950s British fighter aircraft, Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom and mixed-power aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Avro 720

Blown flap

Blown flaps, blown wing or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight characteristics.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Blown flap

De Havilland Firestreak

The de Havilland Firestreak is a British first-generation, passive infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and De Havilland Firestreak

De Havilland Gyron Junior

The de Havilland Gyron Junior is a military turbojet engine design of the 1950s developed by the de Havilland Engine Company and later produced by Bristol Siddeley.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and De Havilland Gyron Junior

De Havilland Spectre

The de Havilland Spectre is a rocket engine that was built by the de Havilland Engine Company in the 1950s.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and De Havilland Spectre

Duncan Sandys

Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys (24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987), was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Duncan Sandys

English Electric Lightning

The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and English Electric Lightning are 1950s British fighter aircraft and mid-wing aircraft.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Flight International

Franz Josef Strauss

Franz Josef Strauss (6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician.

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German Navy

The German Navy is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces.

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Heinkel

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel.

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Interceptor aircraft

An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Interceptor aircraft

Janes Information Services

Janes is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Janes Information Services

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jet engine

A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Jet engine

Jet propulsion

Jet propulsion is the propulsion of an object in one direction, produced by ejecting a jet of fluid in the opposite direction.

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Jig (tool)

A jig is a type of custom-made tool used to control the location and/or motion of parts or other tools.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Jig (tool)

Layoff

A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing (reducing the size of) an organization.

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Lockheed bribery scandals

The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Lockheed bribery scandals

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter are mid-wing aircraft.

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Maiden flight

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Maiden flight

Maurice Brennan

Maurice Joseph Brennan BSC, MIMechE, FRAes (April 1913 – 18 January 1986) was a British aerospace engineer.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

Ministry of Supply

The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK government formed on 1 August 1939 by the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 38) to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.

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Missile

A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Nord 1500 Griffon

The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered interceptor aircraft designed and built by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Nord 1500 Griffon

Operational Requirement F.155

Operational Requirement F.155 was a specification issued by the British Ministry of Supply on 15 January 1955 for an interceptor aircraft to defend the United Kingdom from Soviet high-flying nuclear-armed supersonic bombers. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Operational Requirement F.155 are 1950s British fighter aircraft and Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom.

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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Radar

Reconnaissance

In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Reconnaissance

Red Top (missile)

The Hawker Siddeley (later British Aerospace) Red Top was the third indigenous British air-to-air missile to enter service, following the de Havilland Firestreak and limited-service Fireflash.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Red Top (missile)

Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor

The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (originally designated XP-91) is a mixed-propulsion prototype interceptor aircraft, developed by Republic Aviation. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor are mid-wing aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor

Rocket

A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Rocket

Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.153

The Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.153 was a high-performance dry thrust turbofan engine developed jointly by Rolls-Royce Limited and MAN Turbo.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Saunders-Roe

Saunders-Roe Limited, also known as Saro, was a British aerospace and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Saunders-Roe

Saunders-Roe SR.53

The Saunders-Roe SR.53 was a British prototype interceptor aircraft of mixed jet and rocket propulsion developed for the Royal Air Force (RAF) by Saunders-Roe in the early 1950s. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Saunders-Roe SR.53 are 1950s British fighter aircraft, Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom, mid-wing aircraft, mixed-power aircraft and Saro aircraft.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Saunders-Roe SR.53

SNCASO Trident

The SNCASO SO.9000 Trident is a French jet and rocket powered interceptor aircraft built by aircraft manufacturer SNCASO during the 1950s. Saunders-Roe SR.177 and SNCASO Trident are mixed-power aircraft.

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Strike fighter

In current military parlance, a strike fighter is a multirole combat aircraft designed to operate both as an attack aircraft and as an air superiority fighter.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Strike fighter

West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1957 Defence White Paper

The 1957 White Paper on Defence (Cmnd. 124) was a British white paper issued in March 1957 setting forth the perceived future of the British military.

See Saunders-Roe SR.177 and 1957 Defence White Paper

See also

1950s British fighter aircraft

Mixed-power aircraft

Saro aircraft

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_SR.177

Also known as SR.177, Saro SR.177.