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Subject: Re: The British 707 that could have been
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 19:41:44 +0100
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On Sun, 1 May 2016 11:44:17 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>The British aircraft manufacturing industry of the postwar era was a mess.
>There were petty disputes among companies, redundant research because no one
>wanted to share anything, lack of public funding (this one is
>understandable), and failure to adapt to the new era of air travel.
>
>"We have handed to the Americans, without a struggle, the entire world
There's also the fact that the gov and BOAC only supported/financed
aircraft designed to cover the Empire routes, which were all
short-ranged and needed low passanger nymbers... and refused to
sanction bigger planes.
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