...Many of whom then went on to head up major programs for NASA when
A.V.Roe folded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Arrow#The_politics
Trivia bit: The current Canadian opposition to National Missle Defence
goes way back to this time bceause A.V. Roe's collapse can be linked
closely to the purc
A. V. Roe, Ltd, Canadian operation, known s AVRO Canada.
The did design work on the supersonic jets, too, and many of the engineers
came from the UK.
Peter
Ummm, since when is the Avro Arrow a British design? That was a
Canadian jet my friend.
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 11/24/05, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Brits aways did DESIGN some of the best airframes in the world.
>
> Getting them built and into use was another story alltogeth
The Brits aways did DESIGN some of the best airframes in the world.
Getting them built and into use was another story alltogether. Most
egregious examples were during the Labor government in the 50s -- some
rather good designs crippled by bureacratic meddling and stupid engine
designs form the sa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1649274,00.html
"A simple but ingenious paper dart was named Britain's best yesterday
after wafting through a Victorian university hall for almost seven
seconds.
Silently proving at least five laws of physics, the Spruce Moose would
have glided a fai
