Shorts Sperrin help required

Post by **Garry Russell** » 26 May 2007, 09:06

In reality.... I suppose if the Sperrin had been successful there would have been airliner derivatives proposed as with the V bombers.

Probably nothing would have come of it as with the others with the exception of the Valiant where the V.1000 VC 7 nearly made it.

Garry

snave · Post by **snave** » 26 May 2007, 16:28

The thought of flying over New York at 50,000 feet, and then opening the doors and letting the passengers freefall until they explode a few feet above the ground does, I admit, have a certain quirky British charm about it... :think:

T6flyer · Post by **T6flyer** » 26 May 2007, 20:20

Thanks to everyone for their kindness with supplying links and information on this somewhat forgotten aeroplane.

When I was a little lad, I was quite interested in her, but sadly over the years lost everything, so its good to read up on her again.

Thanks again to all,

Best wishes,

Martin

Post by **Garry Russell** » 26 May 2007, 20:24

Hi Martin

This is the great advantage of FS and sites like this.

Many a forgotten type has been brought back to life and it's place in history will not fade again.

Chances are anything out there no matter how small has value and can be brought together in a way undreamt of before

Garry

kit · Post by **kit** » 26 May 2007, 23:14

My abiding memory of the Sperrin was seeing (and hearing....) the DH Gyron test aircraft at Farnborough.

The test pilot, a sadist obviously, came over the Black Sheds with the two upper engines at power and the two ginormous Gyrons in the lower half of the pods at idle. When abeam the crowd line the reversed the throttle settings and climbed out about 45 deg on just the two Gyron's power. The noise, and the smoke, were indescribable!

I was reminded of that when watching '558 do her thing at her previous 'last' display at Cranfield, the sound levels were about the same, as were the Richter scale vibrations........

paulb · Post by **paulb** » 27 May 2007, 16:16

Hi Martin

A very interesting choice! Are you planning to produce a new aircraft for FS?

Anyway, if this is "serious", then I will see what I can do in terms of research for you. ;-)

Best regards

Paul

biplaneflyer · Post by **biplaneflyer** » 12 Jun 2007, 17:50

Related? From flightsim.com:-

FS2002 - FS2002 Aircraft
FS2002/FS2004 SHORT S.A.4 Sperrin

Name: sperrin.zip Size: 1,887,666 Date: 06-11-2007
FS2002/FS2004 SHORT S.A.4 Sperrin. The Short SA.4 "Sperrin" was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s built by Short Brothers and Harland of Belfast, popularly abbreviated "Shorts". The exact requirements included a weight of 140,000 lb, the ability to fly to a target 1,739 miles distant at 500 knots from altitudes of 45,000-50,000 feet and be simple enough to maintain at overseas bases. This request would be the foundation of the V-bombers. The design known initially as SA.4 and later as the "Sperrin" had more in common with the Second World War designs than the new jet age. It first flew in 1951. By Kazunori Ito.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 12 Jun 2007, 17:57

The tie-up has has already been mentioned on the other Sperrin thread (Sperrin a thought for the SA.4)

Garry