In 1945 confidence in British aviation was sky-high. Yet decades
later, the industry had not lived up to its potential. What
happened? The years that followed the war saw the Brabazon
Committee issue flawed proposals for civil aviation planning.
Enforced cancellations restricted the advancement of military
aircraft, compounded later on by Defence Minister Duncan Sandys
abandoning aircraft to fixate solely on missiles. Commercially,
Britain's small and neglected domestic market hindered the
development of civilian airliners. In the production of notorious
aircraft, the inauspicious Comet came from de Havilland's attempts
to gain an edge over its American competitors. The iconic Harrier
jump jet and an indigenous crop of helicopters were squandered,
while unrealistic performance requirements brought about the
cancellation of TSR2. Peter Reese explores how repeated financial
crises, a lack of rigour and fatal self-satisfaction led British
aviation to miss vital opportunities across this turbulent period
in Britain's skies.
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