HC Deb 25 October 1960 vol 627 c267W
83. Mr. McMaster

asked the Minister of Aviation what further plans he has for the future development of vertical take-off and landing aircraft based on the principles used in the successful development of the S.C.1.

Mr. Rippon

The S.C.1 research programme is continuing, as planned, to provide the further experience we need on vertical take off and landing techniques for multi-engined V.T.O.L. aircraft, and autostabilisation and automatic control systems for V.T.O.L. aircraft generally. The possibility of using the multi-engine concept for V.T.O.L. in a future aircraft system is under examination.