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>On 01/05/2016 17:44, Byker 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
>
>So the de Havilland Comet, albeit flawed (from which much was learnt by
>the world aviation industry) never led the way? As we know "the pioneer
>doesn't always get the best land, sometimes he ends up dead in a ditch
>with arrows in his back."
>
>As for "no one wanted to share anything", and supposed "redundant
>research", we did share a great deal but, unfortunately, it seems it was
>with the wrong people.
Add giving away to the USSR the engine powered 2 geenrations of Migs
and the Il-28...
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