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- Dogged by technical problems, cost overruns, political infighting, and bureaucratic ineptitude, the TSR-2 was cancelled after two dozen test flights. The program’s cost: half a billion dollars.
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/cancelled-britains-high-mach-heartbreak-4036788/
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A censure debate followed on 1 May 1967, in which Healey claimed the cost of the TSR-2 would have been £1,700 million over 15 years including running costs, compared with £1,000 million for the F-111K/AFVG combination.
In the still difficult financial circumstances following the first flight of TSR-2, a new Labour government came into power in Britain, a government that were promising to make cuts. And with the ballooning costs of TSR-2 it was prime for the chopping board. And in the budget of April 1965 the TSR-2 was dealt a death blow.
Jul 6, 2019 · “Recently, in conversation with Hush-Kit’s Joe Coles I provided a comment on the TSR-2 along the following lines: 1) An over-ambitious low-level supersonic range requirement drove up cost. 2) Some development issues with undercarriage and cockpit vibration. 3) Many system elements needing development – engine, avionics, sensors, all ...
Although never developed beyond the prototype stage, the British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the 1960s. The cancellation of the project is a subject of great debate to this day.
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Jul 21, 2015 · With the election of a new government, the TSR-2 was cancelled due to rising costs, in favour of purchasing an adapted version of the General Dynamics F-111, a decision that itself was later rescinded as costs and development times increased.
The cost of the programme became a matter of political contention and at two Cabinet meetings held on 1st April 1965, it was decided to cancel the BAC TSR-2. This was claimed to be on the grounds of projected costs, although some point more directly to a political option to acquire up to 110 General Dynamics F-111 aircraft from the USA.
BAC survived the TSR2 cancellation; the only other major project not cancelled was the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport, which while never being a massive commercial success, gave BAC valuable experience and prestige both with advanced aircraft and with international cooperation.
