proved that it was unnecessary to carry an additional four engines solely for the purposes of lift-off and landing. Aircraft on display The first SC-1 (XG900) became a part of the Science Museum's aircraft collection at South Kensington, London. It had been used until 1971 for VTOL research. The second SC-1 (XG905) was also preserved and is on static display at the Flight Experience exhibit at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Northern Ireland. Operators Royal Aircraft Establishment Specifications See also References Notes Bibliography Barnes, C. H. with revisions by Derek N. James. Shorts Aircraft since 1900. London: Putnam, 1989 (revised). . Buttler, Tony and Jean-Louis Delezenne. X-Planes of Europe: Secret Research Aircraft from the Golden Age 1946-1974. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2012. Illingworth J. K. B. and Chinn H.W. Variable Stability and Control Tests on the S.C.1 Aircraft in Jet-Borne Flight, with Particular Reference to Desirable VTOL Flying Qualities (R & M No, 3584). London: HMSO, 1969. Retrieved: 11 December 2007. Jones, Barry. "Shorts' Early Risers". Aeroplane Monthly, May 1994, Vol 22 No 5, Issue No 253. London:IPC Magazines. pp. 12–19. Lean D. and Chinn H.W. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716224717/http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ara/arc/cp/0832.pdf Review of General Operating Experience with a Jet-Lift VTOL Research Aircraft (Short S.C.l.)] (Aeronautical Research Council Current Papers CP No. 832). London: HMSO, 1965. Retrieved: 2 December 2008. Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966. Vickery, Adrian. British Jet Aircraft. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stevens Limited,1982. . Winchester, Jim. Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft. Rochester, Kent, UK: Grange Books, 2005. . External links "Jet hovering under automatic control" a 1959 advertisement in Flight "Test-Bed for the SC.1" a 1961 Flight article 1950s British experimental aircraft Tailless delta-wing aircraft Short Brothers aircraft Lift jet Aircraft first flown in 1957 Low-wing aircraft