HSA-1011 swing-wing supersonic airliner

[Weaver]

Article from the Royal Aeronautical Society about the Hawker-Siddeley HSA-1011 swing-wing supersonic airliner project.

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/shapeshifting-supersonic-airliner/

Interesting that even back in 1961 they correctly anticipated the sonic boom problems that an SST would have operating over land.

[TomZ]

Looks like a good project for Hobbes to take on 

TomZ

[Doug K]

Add the spike to the nose that NASA's experimenting with and it wouldn't look out of place in some of the design studies for new SSTs.

[Dizzyfugu]

Oh, that's pretty. Would certainly look cool in a classic BOAC livery. 

[The Wooksta!]

BOAC?  Nice, but antiflash with 607 Sqn markings would be better.



Relevant thread from secret projects:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/hawker-siddeley-type-1011.14058/

[PR19_Kit]

Considering that it came from the opposite commercial camp, the wing shape of that has a lot of similarity to Barnes Wallis' 'Swallow' project.

But at least the engines don't have to swivel!

[NARSES2]

For some reason that stirs memories of Raymond Baxter and "Tomorrow's World" ? 

[kitbasher]

For some reason that stirs memories of Raymond Baxter and "Tomorrow's World" ?

To me it's how Gerry Anderson would have designed the Trident.

[NARSES2]

For some reason that stirs memories of Raymond Baxter and "Tomorrow's World" ?

To me it's how Gerry Anderson would have designed the Trident.

There was a Gerry Anderson episode where something very similar was involved. Can't remember what series it was though ? Probably International Rescue ?

[Hobbes]

That would be quite a challenge to build, with all the variation in fuselage shape.

[Mossie]

For some reason that stirs memories of Raymond Baxter and "Tomorrow's World" ?

To me it's how Gerry Anderson would have designed the Trident.

There was a Gerry Anderson episode where something very similar was involved. Can't remember what series it was though ? Probably International Rescue ?

Fireflash. Hypersonic airliner with tail mounted engines and wingtip mounted landing gear. It's a double decker and has a bar in each wing!
https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Fireflash

[PR19_Kit]

Fireflash. Hypersonic airliner with tail mounted engines and wingtip mounted landing gear. It's a double decker and has a bar in each wing!
https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Fireflash

I can't help feeling that to fly at 250000 ft it'd need longer wings................... 

[silverwindblade]

It looks like a bigger version of the SSBJ from Tintin