<p>c/n SH.1814.
This was the first British fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. It was designed to study the problems with VTOL flight and the transition to and from forward flight and first flew in 1957.
It joined the Science Museum in 1971 and is now on display in the ‘Making of the Modern World’ exhibition.
Science Museum, South Kensington, London.
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16-6-2015
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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