Aircraft Data Sheet: Pterodactyl V (1934)

First flight:	May 1934
Span:	14.22m/46ft 8ins
Length:	6.96m/22ft 10ins
Max weight:	2,313kg/5,100lb
Max level speed:	165knots/306kph
Power plant:	One 600shp/447kW Rolls-Royce Goshawk
Total built:	One

Such was the promise of the Pterodactyl demonstrations that an order was placed for a prototype capable of development into a fighter (Air Ministry Specification F 3/32). The Pterodactyl V incorporated many of the features demonstrated by the earlier aircraft plus provision for armament. Trials at Farnborough led to the conclusion that the tail-less configuration did not offer any significant improvement over conventional fighters then under development.