Boulton-Paul P.119

[Weaver]

Well here's something I'd never heard of before: the Boulton-Paul P.119 jet trainer, with light attack capability. Never got further than this rather convincing wooden mockup.

Info posted on Twitter by Trev Clark here: https://twitter.com/clark_aviation/status/1426861232565493763?s=20

More info here: http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_boulton_paul_P119.html








EDIT: found a three-view (above, right). The tail looks a bit like the P.120, doesn't it?

[PR19_Kit]

What a neat looking machine, well spotted H. 

Yet another type with NACA flush intakes that didn't make it into service. Was there EVER an aircraft with those intakes that did?

[NARSES2]

Rather oddly my "Steel Industry" background means I'm as interested in the piece about the new bit of slitting kit 

Interesting type, well spotted H 

[Dizzyfugu]

Quite elegant with the swept T-tail. 

[Weaver]

Found a three-view and put it in the OP. The tail looks a bit like the P.120, doesn't it?

[PR19_Kit]

I can see your edit in the post, but can't see a 3-view so far.

[kitbasher]

I can see your edit in the post, but can't see a 3-view so far.

I can on my phone but not on my lappy - odd.

I guess the Jet Provost may have come to nothing had the BP119 become real hardware.

[kitnut617]

I can see your edit in the post, but can't see a 3-view so far.

Same here, no sign of the 3-View at all --- just your note saying you found it.

[Doug K]

Really nice, given the 3-view shows wing fold and hook, a silver & day-glo FAA version much be fun. Gonna do some more digging 😉

[Gondor]

What a neat looking machine, well spotted H. 

Yet another type with NACA flush intakes that didn't make it into service. Was there EVER an aircraft with those intakes that did?

Nearest was the North American YF-93, a picture of which appeared in my article for the What-if mag, many years ago about the NACA ducts.

Gondor

[kitnut617]

For those who can't see the 3-View Harold posted.

[Weaver]

I can see your edit in the post, but can't see a 3-view so far.

Not sure if this is the problem, but the 3-view is to the right of the magazine article, not below it.

Sorry if that was confusing: they're both tall & narrow pics so I thought they could go alongside each other.

[jcf]

Yet another type with NACA flush intakes that didn't make it into service. Was there EVER an aircraft with those intakes that did?

Nope, another one of those ideas that worked well at small scale but that didn't scale for use as
the primary intake for a turbojet. Works well for ancillary system intakes and in the automobile
realm, but there's still a limit on size in regards to required flow.

[kitnut617]

I can see your edit in the post, but can't see a 3-view so far.

Not sure if this is the problem, but the 3-view is to the right of the magazine article, not below it.

Sorry if that was confusing: they're both tall & narrow pics so I thought they could go alongside each other.

If I click on the article image it goes to a photo viewer, when I click the 'next' arrow to see the next image, it says that the next image could not be loaded

[The Wooksta!]

Ta for posting the three view, I've been wanting to have a go at scratch bodging one of these for some time.