Here’s HOTOL on a runway somewhere in Australia, being secured by recovery teams after safe return from orbit. HOTOL was single-stage-to-orbit concept craft developed by British Aerospace in the 80s, unfortunately it has never been built.
To learn more about HOTOL, you can visit links below:
‘I saw a blade which rises in the sky held by hardly nothing at all.’ #lookdown #southbank #london #underyourfeet #skylon #festivalofbritain #memorial (at Jubilee Gardens)