Catalogue No: | C0763 |
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Category: | Personal/Personnel |
Object Type: | Promotional Item |
Object Name: | EAP Tie |
Part No: | None |
Serial No: | None |
Manufacturer: | Tudor Ties |
Division: | Unknown |
Platform(s): | EAP |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1980 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 75 Height (mm): 1,620 Depth (mm): 2 Weight (g): 33 |
Location: | Cupboard CB (Awards 1) [Main Store] |
EAP
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Tudor Ties
42 Wellingborough Rd.
Rushden Northants
Tel. 0933 314094
100% Polyester Fibre
Made in England
Many of the programmes gave a Tie to the team working on the project and it was also a useful gift to visitors. The Tie might be supplied in-house or by the end customer.
In this case the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) gave a grey neck tie with a white motif of the EAP aircraft containing the letters EAP in red.
The UK had identified a requirement for a new fighter as early as 1971. A specification, AST 403, was issued in 1972. In 1979 MBB and BAe presented a formal proposal to their respective governments for the ECF, the European Collaborative Fighter. In 1982 the Agile Combat Aircraft (ACA) programme was launched. In 1983 BAe announced a contract with the MoD for the development and production of an ACA demonstrator, the EAP Experimental Aircraft Programme.