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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 1458.PDF
22 MAY 1959 FLIGHT Design for Mobility To make a ground-to-air guided weapon system mobile is not simply a matter of jacking it up and running some wheels under it. It needs an entirely different — and more challenging—approach. We know—for we were chosen by the British Govern- ment to concentrate on this very problem. And five years of design and development work have gone into the solution. THE ANSWER IS THE 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC THUNDERBIRD •••'-" —a complete mobile and air transportable weapon system—fully de- veloped—now in service with the British Army. Its mobility and ease of redeployment give the flexibility that is so essential to meet the nation's ever-changing defence requirements... AND THE ECONOMY AS WELL , ' ; ENGLISH ELECTRIC AVIATION LIMITED • GUIDED WEAPONS DIVISION: LUTON • STEVENAGE . WOOMERA MEMBER OF THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC AVIATION GROUP SW22
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