Originally Posted by diddy1234
philbky, why were the Boeing team invited around DeHavillands ?
After the crash of the BAC 1-11 prototype due to deep stall Vickers/BAC were quite concerned that other designers would unknowingly get themselves in the same situation with a T-tailed airliner. Because of this they shared a lot of information with both American and other British companies, including visits of designers and test pilots to American firms. Perhaps this Boeing visit to DeHavillands was somehow a part of this program, if so then the purpose of this visit was safety, to prevent another deep stall accident with a T-tailed airliner.