‘FLYING WING’ MAKES FIRST TRIAL FLIGHT
(Rec. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 14. Britain’s first jet-propelled twoseater “Flying Wing” made its first w flight at the experimental station at Boscombe Downs, „ Hampshire, It is the forerunner of a 1500-mile-an-hour gaint airliner seating the passengers in the wings. A Ministry of Supply spokesman said the “Flying Wing” should be regarded as a research aircraft providing useful information for scientific workers and aeroplane manufacturers.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 November 1947, Page 5
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