Britain's First Truly Supersonic Jet Fighter Unveiled; 1st True Supersonic Jet Unveiled In Britain in Sustained Level Flight
Eng Elec P-1, 1st Brit jet able to sustain supersonic speeds at level flight, test-flown; illus; powered by 2 Armstrong-Siddeley engines of 10,000-lb thrust each; Min Sandys repts 20 more ordered to cut development time; P-1 and 2 trans-sonic types cited to refute Sen com obsolescence charge