Graham Eastwood from Cumbria 

Posted at 10:18pm on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

I worked on parts for TSR2 as an apprentice at English Electric co In Bradford West Yorkshire.Workmates very proud when we heard of the speed it flew.We later had to send parts for scrap along with any jigs and fixtures.What a waste.

Bob Burns from Luton,Beds 

Posted at 6:21pm on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

A scandalous waste of the finest airframe ever built in this country.So many near complete and they scrapped them without any thought of the many uses they couls have been put to as test vehicles.

Carl Bulcock from Preston 

Posted at 11:44pm on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

I first fell in love with this aircraft when I was in the fleet Air Arm after seeing it in a copy of the RAF Flight Safety Magazine Air Clues. I have read phoenix or folly many times and cannot truly believe that why the government of the time wanted to dispose of such a world beater. I suspect as do many others that the Americans played a major part in the project cancellation. It was such a threat to their aviation industry that it scared them witless. They had the labour gov over a barrel with the IMF lo... read more »

Paul Whitehead from Sydney, Australia 

Posted at 12:15am on Sunday, January 31st, 2010

I served with the RAF during the period 1966/69. Mainly based at Wyton, but frequently sent on attachment troughout the UK. One of my most pleasing attachments was at RAE Bedfordshire at the time testing of the VTOL aircraft,
now known as the Harrier or jump jet. I shudder to think what kind of aircraft the RAF would be flying to-day should the Harrier have had the same fate as the (ahead of it's time) TSR2.The general feeling that it was American pressure rather than economic reasons that led to the scrap... read more »

Antonis Lignos from Athens 

Posted at 6:22am on Monday, January 11th, 2010

The most impressive aircraft England had ever..If the TRS2 had put in production RAF would have an aircraft for the next century..

Steve Elliott from West Yorkshire 

Posted at 2:25pm on Monday, September 21st, 2009

I wasn't born when this plane existed. My father introduced me to the TSR2 and I have since been to see it at Duxford, watched the DVD and now have the book by Anthony Thornborough and I am off to Cosford the see the second one. I still cannot read or watch anything to do with the TSR2 and not have the hairs on the back of my neck stand up at how truly amazing, awesome and beautiful this aircraft is and yet at the same time feel so deeply sad at like the loss of a dearest relative at its tragic demise and ... read more »

Tom Howe from Devon 

Posted at 8:41pm on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Great shame the project was cancelled, woulod have put the F-111 or the Su-24 to shame if it entered service, great site by the way, it's very interesting

Barry Baseley from Saffron Walden 

Posted at 1:26pm on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

This was an act of total political vandelism. If any normal human being had been so corrupt they would have been called to book, but as it was politicians there is never a chance.

graham knowles from boston 

Posted at 8:23pm on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

what a plane, it is a fine example of an if only.......Bloody Labour Govt.

Chris from UK 

Posted at 6:53pm on Monday, March 9th, 2009

Such an ignominious end for a suberb, world-beating aircraft. Read "Phoenix to Ashes" by Wing Commander Roland Beaumont. It tells his fascinating autobiography. A pilot who trained on bi-plane when he joined the regular RAF before WW2 & ended a long & illustrious career by carrying out some of the TSR2 test-flying! He officiated at Duxford when their model was rolled out for the first time on public view.