Boulton Paul P.111A 2024-05-26

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Boulton Paul P.111A - Native FSX Model

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Boulton Paul P.111A 'Yellow Peril' British experimental high speed tailless delta-wing research and test aircraft. Modified from the P.111 after an earlier landing accident, the P.111A first flight was on 2nd July 1953 and the last flight was on 20th June 1958. It reached Mach 0.93 at 35,000 ft and Mach 0.96 in a shallow dive. Boulton Paul Chief Test Pilot A.E. 'Ben' Gunn described the P.111 as 'touchy' and 'like flying a razor's edge'. Also, when the...

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