British Aeroplanes

…and COMING SOON…

British military…
Dependent on British bureaucracies.

A couple times a year, I am asked to call into or attend a UK MOD meeting. The excruciating attention to detail and nuance is … just remarkable. I’m wondering if the proverbial “can’t see the forest for the trees” might apply.

One might say the US has had it’s share of questionable aircraft

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Referred to as the gutless cutlass.

First 3 prototypes crashed.

To the surprise of nobody, the Navy’s first two delivered F7U also crashed.

During carrier landings the landing gear tended to collapse.