Originally Posted by
Mr Oleo Strut
I could never understand why, after Vicker's success with the Viscount, that the Vanguard was not equally successful. It looked the part but just never seemed to cut the mustard. Any views from those in the know?
Long thread on the Vanguard here
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...-vanguard.html
which includes some discussion about the competitiveness of a large turboprop that was launched just as the world was starting to switch to shorthaul jets.