FS2004 FS2002 SHORT S.A.4 Sperrin (1)

FS2002 FS2004 SHORT S. A. 4 Sperrin. The Short SA. 4 Sperrin was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s built by Short Brothers and Harland of Belfast, popularly abbreviated Shorts. The exact requirements included a weight of 140, 000 lb, the ability to fly to a target 1, 739 miles distant at 500 knots from altitudes of 45, 000-50, 000 ft and be simple enough to maintain at overseas bases. This request would be the foundation of the V-bombers. The design known initially as SA. 4 and later as the Sperrin had more in common with the Second World War designs than the new jet age. It first flew in 1951. by Kazunori Ito.