Sure, the BAC 221 was one of several small scale prototypes built to test potential wing designs for the Concorde SST project. It was not actually a brand new aircraft at all but was converted from the Fairey FD.2 in which Peter Twiss became the first man to set a world air speed record in excess of 1,000pmh in 1956. The FD 2 was also said to the plane that gave Marcel Dassault the idea for the Mirage III when he saw it testing in France during 1954-55 as a better solution that the Mirage I and II he was then building, there may be an element of truth in this as Dassault said ' you English could have built the Mirage first if only you had stuck at it'.

When converting it to the 221, BAC gave it a fuselage extension and a completely new ogival wing which faired right up to the tip of the nose.

Sure, the BAC 221 was one of several small scale prototypes built to test potential wing designs for the Concorde SST project. It was not actually a brand new aircraft at all but was converted from the Fairey FD.2 in which Peter Twiss became the first man to set a world air speed record in excess of 1,000pmh in 1956. The FD 2 was also said to the plane that gave Marcel Dassault the idea for the Mirage III when he saw it testing in France during 1954-55 as a better solution that the Mirage I and II he was then building, there may be an element of truth in this as Dassault said ' you English could have built the Mirage first if only you had stuck at it'.

When converting it to the 221, BAC gave it a fuselage extension and a completely new ogival wing which faired right up to the tip of the nose.

Beautiful looking aircraft. Shame we never progressed with it whereas the French got the Mirage III we ended up with the EE Lightning, fast but god damn ugly!

Jensy