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Originally Posted by pdf27
The crescent wings on the Victor are an absolutely beautiful piece of aerodynamics, possibly my favourite piece of engineering of all time. They're pretty much everything at once - long root chord letting you bury engines for minimal drag penalty, constant critical Mach along the span, Kuchemann tips, and the design even inherently counteracts the wing twist associated with changing speed. It truly is an absolutely amazing design, and it's a crying shame that it doesn't get used more.
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Saw a nice quote recently, a USAF type on the Victor...
"It looks like it is doing Mach 1 sat on the ground!"
The wing concept was actually designed by a German I believe for the Arado jet bomber? With a possible 4 Skybolts or 35 , 1000lb bombs, an impressive aircraft. A pity the advanced Sapphire 9 engine was canceled and the idea to fit Olympus fell through, what an aircraft THAT would have been.