Referring to the cancellation of the TSR2 and others in 1965 ....
"FORTUNATELY this wholesale bout of cancellations brought to an end 10 years of the worst mismanagement of the RAF's equipment and of the British aircraft industry that could possibly have been arranged"
Sir Stanley Hooker - Not Much of an Engineer (p148 paperback edition).
According to Sir Stanley (who should know) some of the requirements for the TSR2 were far, far too complicated.
As Heimdall says - there was much more to it than a few political decisions.
Did you know that Sir Stanley fought Reginald Maudling in 1957 to save the Olympus engine - the government CANCELLED it to use the Conway ONLY.
Bristol developed the early Olympus at their own expense!
Last edited by Viola; 16th Dec 2007 at 12:07.
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