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| Ri©ardo (here@glorious-somerset.uk) |
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On 8/4/2015 6:24 PM, Byker wrote:
> Civilian models of the Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor V-bombers
> were also planned. The Vickers V-1000 won the contest over the Atlantic,
> but
> ultimately none of these designs would be built.
>
> "We have handed to the Americans, without a struggle, the entire world
> market for big jet airliners." -- George Edwards, Vickers managing director
Pioneers do not always get the best land, some of them end up in ditches
with arrows in their backs.
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Moving Things In Still Pictures
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