Britain’s Javelin Misses the Mark

The RAF’s only delta-wing fighter was also Gloster’s swan song. “A loud bang followed by a shroud of black acrid smoke billowing from beneath the aircraft” is how one airman described an engine start on a Gloster Javelin, the world’s first twin-jet aircraft built on a delta platform and the RAF’s only delta-wing fighter. Even …

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