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To: Yo-Yo

It was a very good but very specialized aircraft that no-one would buy. The Brits had their own ideas, and the Yanks straight out said they would not buy it.

Killed Avro, and most of the engineers went to Texas and Florida to work for NACA/NASA. We know how that worked out...


20 posted on 09/14/2017 11:33:59 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W
You want to know what put the final nail in Avro's coffin?


23 posted on 09/14/2017 2:54:59 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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