The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.

The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 was a cancelled supersonic strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed around both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons delivery, intended to be able to penetrate well-defended frontline areas at low altitudes and very high speeds and attack high-value targets in rear areas. Another intended combat role was to provide high-altitude, high-speed stand-off, side-looking radar and photographic imagery and signals intelligence, aerial reconnaissance. Only one example flew and test flights and weight increases during design indicated that the aircraft would be unable to meet its original stringent design specifications. The design specifications were reduced as the result.