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FOLLOWING the tailless glider produced by Messrs. Armstrong Whitworth for experimental work leading to high-speed stratosphere flight, Messrs. De Havilland have now completed a similar aircraft, powered with a “Goblin” gas turbine developing about 12,000 h.p. at the speeds of flight attained. The “Goblin” turbojet unit is also Messrs. De Havilland's own design. It is the only jet-propelled aircraft with pronounced swept-back wings that has flown up to the present. It is anticipated that speeds up to 675 miles per hour may be reached. The machine is a logical development of the De Havilland jet-propelled “Vampire”, which is now in production and supplied to the fighting services.
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Jet-Propelled Tailless Aircraft. Nature 157, 797 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157797b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157797b0