The design was a mid-wing
tailless
delta
monoplane, with a circular
cross-section
fuselage and engine air-inlets
blended into the wing roots. The
engine was a
Rolls-Royce Avon RA.14R with an
afterburner. The Delta 2 had a
very long tapering nose which
obscured forward vision during
landing, take-off and movement on
the ground. To compensate, the nose
section and
cockpit drooped 10°, in a
similar way to that used later on
Concorde. Two aircraft were
built:
Serial numbers WG774 and
WG777.
