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"Charles Lindbergh" wrote in message
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> Wasn't this puppy considered one of Britain's worst aeronautical
> engineering disasters?
In terms of money lost, I can think of
Bristol Brabazon: £12M (1949 costs) – £350M (2012 inflation adjusted cost)
SARO Princess: £10M (1952) for three aircraft
http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/dglr/hh/text_2010_06_03_SR_Princess.pdf
R101 Airship: £711,595 (1930)
None of these entered airline service.
In a way, the DeHavilland Comet (1949) was an engineering failure, but it
bounced back from its explosive decompression problems and the Comet 4
series which debuted in 1958 had a productive career of over 30 years.
You also might want to check out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_experimental_aircraft_1950%E2%80%931959
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