In Turbulent Skies

In Turbulent Skies

by Peter Reese
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 24/01/2020

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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.

ISBN:
9780750994446
9780750994446
Category:
Aircraft: general interest
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
24-01-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
The History Press
Peter Reese

Peter Reese has established his reputation as a leading historian of aviation with The Flying Cowboy: The Story of Samuel Cody, Britain's First Airman and his most recent book Target London: Bombing the Capital 1915-2005. He is also a well-known and versatile writer of military history, with studies of the battles at Bannockburn, Flodden and Dunbar to his credit, and he is a notable biographer - he has published a critical assessment of Scottish commanders and acclaimed biographies of William Wallace and General George Monck.

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