Stock Photo - Dec. 12, 1953 - The tailless jet shows its paces First public flight of the short Sherpa aircraft. Britain's smallest jet aircraft, the tailless short Sherpa research plane, made its first public flight at Belfast today. The Sherpa -designed as a 200 m.p.h. 'Baby' forerunner of experimental machines to probe the problem of ultra high speed flight several miles above the earth, has an aero - isoclinic wing swept back at an angle of over 42 degrees. Photo shows The Sherpa seen in flight over Belfast today. It was flown by Tom. Brooke-Smith, chief test pilot for shoats. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)

Stock Photo: Dec. 12, 1953 - The tailless jet shows its paces First public flight of the short Sherpa aircraft. Britain's smallest jet aircraft.

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