Talk:Westland-Hill Pterodactyl

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The picture from Flight magazine has a caption which reads "1A powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Genet engine". This seems to contradict the info in the article. Chaosdruid (talk) 04:12, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Pterodactyl VIII
The Pterodactyl VIII was a proposed transatlantic airliner (and not the Canadian NRC tailless glider as some claim). Web rumours of this airliner have it as a proposal by Short Brothers having a typical Pterodactyl wing, and an artist's impression is bandied about. OTOH, one of Hill's assistants at Westland, H.A. Mettam, recalls in Flight that it may have been a delta although its lifetime was so brief he can hardly remember, and he makes no mention of Short Bros. Was Mettam mistaken? Was there ever a Short Bros. proposal and if so, was it the same Mk VIII or a different type? Or is the Internet pehaps confusing it with the Short SB.1/SB.4 aeroisoclinic testbed? Do any reliable sources exist? &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 16:35, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Front and rear variants
Mettam recalls that the Mks V and VI were paired with rear/front gun turrets respectively, while some Internet sources suggest that the Mks. II and III were. I have placed the idea under the V/VI story for now, as Mettam is the best source I can find. But one man's memory is not the most reliable - does anybody know of a better source, especially for the II/III proposals? &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 07:22, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Flying Wing ?
Does this aircraft have any connection with Flying Wing aircraft? Tabletop (talk) 10:28, 30 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Effectively, no. All the Pterodactyl designs have a distinct fuselage, with the possible exception of the VIII. I have been able to verify very little about this proposed craft, even whether it was a Westland or a Shot Bros. project, never mind whether they had decided to give it a fuselage or not. So, unless you know of a reliable source for it as a flying wing.... &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:58, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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