Model of the Short SB5 aircraft

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Model of the Short SB5 aircraft
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Model of the Short SB5 aircraft, built to study low speed characteristics of highly swept back wings. The Short SB5 was virtually a 7/8 scale model of the Lighning fighter.

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Category:: Farnborough

Object Number:: 1993-1915

type:: model

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Model of the Short SB5 aircraft

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