SZ/CSA/78/131-132 - Zuckerman overruled by Thorneycroft. RAF to get P1154 fighter, Daily Telegraph, 24/2/64

Reference code

SZ/CSA/78/131-132

Level of description

Item

Title

Zuckerman overruled by Thorneycroft. RAF to get P1154 fighter, Daily Telegraph, 24/2/64

Date/s

1964

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Press cuttings

Personal name

Thorneycroft, Peter Thorneycroft,

Creator

Donaldson, E. M.

Scope and content

Reports Thorneycroft's decision to take the P.1154 against SZ's advice. SZ is reported as wanting the money to be spent on developing a "super-plane" which could fulfill a number of roles and fly to any part of the world without re-fuelling.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
  - SZ/CSA/78 - [CSA. The P.1154 aircraft]
    - SZ/CSA/78/131-132 - Zuckerman overruled by Thorneycroft. RAF to get P1154 fighter, Daily Telegraph, 24/2/64

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