Aircraft Data Sheet: Pterodactyl V (1934)
|First flight:||May 1934|
|Max level speed:||165knots/306kph|
|Power plant:||One 600shp/447kW Rolls-Royce Goshawk|
Such was the promise of the Pterodactyl demonstrations that an order was placed for a prototype capable of development into a fighter (Air Ministry Specification F 3/32). The Pterodactyl V incorporated many of the features demonstrated by the earlier aircraft plus provision for armament. Trials at Farnborough led to the conclusion that the tail-less configuration did not offer any significant improvement over conventional fighters then under development.