The Vickers Type 559 was a supersonic interceptor design from Vickers-Armstrongs, submitted in 1955 against Operational Requirement F.155. It was an unorthodox canard layout with a large split chin intake feeding two reheated de Havilland Gyron turbojets stacked one above the other, with a de Havilland Spectre Junior rocket motor on each side of the fuselage and two Red Hebe or Blue Jay missiles carried on the upper fuselage. The wing carried endplates with twin rudders. The Air Ministry did not take it further, preferring the Armstrong Whitworth and Fairey submissions, and the F.155 requirement itself was dropped after the 1957 Defence White Paper, so the aircraft was never built.
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Engine Class Engine Class StatusDesign only (never built) 1 Maximum Mass (kg) EngineTwo de Havilland Gyron PS.26/1 afterburning turbojets and two de Havilland Spectre Junior rocket motors 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Vickers Type 559 was a supersonic interceptor aircraft design by the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs
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The Vickers Type 559 was a supersonic interceptor aircraft design by the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs
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a supersonic interceptor aircraft design
Specifications, powerplant
2 × de Havilland Gyron PS.26/1 afterburning turbojet engines, 20,000 lbf (89 kN) thrust each dry
Specifications, powerplant, engine class
2 × De Havilland Spectre Junior Kerosene/High-test peroxide rocket motor, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) thrust each
Specifications, rocket motor propellant
2 × De Havilland Spectre Junior Kerosene/High-test peroxide rocket motor, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) thrust each
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It was not accepted for further consideration
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 41,485 lb (18,817 kg)
Specifications, gross weight
Gross weight: 62,190 lb (28,209 kg)
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The Vickers Type 559 was a supersonic interceptor aircraft design by the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs
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