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Designed to Specification B.14/46, the Short Sperrin was intended as an insurance against failure of the Vickers Valiant, the first of the RAF's V-bombers. Two prototypes were built, the first flying on 10 August 1951 and used to test new high-altitude radar navigation and
bombing equipment that was to be incorporated in the V-bombers. The second aircraft, which flew in August 1952, was used to test
aerodynamic bomb shapes in connection with the development of Britain's first atomic bomb, the MC.Mk 1 'Blue Danube'.
| CREW | 5 |
| ENGINE | 4 x 2944kg Rolls-Royce Avon RA.3 turbojet engines |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 52200 kg | 115082 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 33.20 m | 109 ft 11 in |
| Length | 31.42 m | 103 ft 1 in |
| Height | 8.69 m | 29 ft 6 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 913 km/h | 567 mph |
| Ceiling | 13725 m | 45050 ft |
| Range | 6050 km | 3759 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 1 x 4530 MC.Mk 1 'Blue Danube' special store |
 | A three-view drawing (670 x 434) |
| hutton barton, huttonbarton=hotmail.com, 10.12.2010 It was also used as a test bed for the De Havilland Gyron with first one and then two Gyrons in the lower engine position |
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