Chapter 1876: The Power of Policy II

In addition to this engine, the Pegasus engine of the Harrier aircraft used by the British Navy was actually developed from the Olfering series engine. It can be said that although the Bristol engine is not as prominent as Rolls-Royce, it was quite NB in ​​the early jet age!

The third company is the de Havilland company. In the jet age, it began to produce goblin and ghost engines, which were mainly used in de Havilland's own aircraft, such as vampire fighter jets and sea vixen. Sweden is not as easy to use as Rolls-Royce's Nien, but it is still a decent engine.

As for the fourth company, Armstrong Sidley, this company has engaged in medium and small pushes. It is incomparable with the previous ones, but it is also a senior in the aviation industry.

However, all the brilliance came to an end in the 1960s! Armstrong Sidley went bankrupt in 1960, de Havilland in 1961, Bristol in 1966 and Rolls-Royce almost went bankrupt in 1973….

And what is the reason for this? The glory of the British Empire is not one aspect, but the turbulence of the national policy is also to blame! Here are two tragic things that the British government has done.

The first thing happened in 1957. In this year's defense white paper, it was stated that manned aircraft would be replaced by missiles, so the plan to develop manned aircraft in the future was stopped. Therefore, the Lightning aircraft, which was tested in 1958, became a normal British aircraft. The swan song in the history of take-off and landing fighter jets! Then in 2009, the two engine companies were finished.

The second thing happened in 1964. After the Labor Party came to power, it cut off a large number of aircraft research and development projects under the pretext of social welfare, such as the famous Plan 4 aircraft. After this knife, it was the Bristol company that was directly cheated. Madan, they have already produced the Bristol BS100 engine! It is specially prepared for the P1154 plan, you tell me that the plan has been cancelled? What to do with this investment? Then, decisively in 1966, Bristol Engines burst. …

If it weren't for the last conscience of the British political circles, the Conservative Party nationalized Rolls-Royce and kept the last single seedling of the British engine industry, I am afraid that the current British aviation industry is really doomed! Of course, the European aviation industry may also be finished!

In addition to these two government policies that can be called doomsday, the British aviation industry also has many problems on aircraft, and the British government is also to blame. For example, the famous British 3V bombers in history, the Warriors, Victory, Fire god. Looking at the performance and data, this TM is a bomber of the same level! At the same time, the American emperor also produced a B47, and Maozi produced a TU16! Aren't you British short of money? Still TM to engage in 3 bombers with similar functions, are you funny? Even though the British government can come up with a series of excuses, the cleaners clean up themselves, let alone the land scrubbers....

As for the field of fighter jets? It’s understandable that it’s not too much for personal use, but takeaway! The sun is setting in Britain, we can understand this, don't compare with the United States and Russia, let's compare with France! The aviation industry of the French was several blocks behind that of the British at the beginning! As a result, let's see what they did later? The total output of Phantom 3 and 5 series is more than 1400! As a third-generation Mirage 2000, the final production quantity exceeded 600! How much did the British produce the last Lightning fighter? But 337! Hey, don't say anything. Full of tears.

The R&D and production of British military aircraft after World War II is a complete mess. There are many types, but the functions are repeated. The 3V in the bomber is the representative, and the same is true for the fighter.

Interested readers can Baidu these words: attacker, scimitar, sea vixen, javelin, gnat, hunter, feather worm, lightning. Well, these are all fighter jets studied by the British, and this one is not complete. There are a lot of types, but unfortunately they can all be described as repetition.... This can be described as cheating.

As for the British civil aviation industry? After the 2nd World War, it was indeed NB for a while. It is right to say that the stars shined, such as the British DH106 Comet, VC10, Trident, BAC111 and so on. However, the production and design of these airliners also had its own problems. Domestic demand is limited, and the international market cannot be opened. So in the end the British civil airliner market also knelt down, but fortunately the French took over the banner of European civil aircraft, Airbus was established, and then Rolls-Royce could continue to sell engines to continue its life.

Therefore, looking at the development history of the British aviation industry after World War II, there are brilliance, but more helplessness. Some government decisions are right, but most of them are wrong.... The aviation industry, which was originally proud of the world, almost collapsed in just 20 years. This lesson is a disastrous one, which fully illustrates a problem, how tragic it is for the government's decision-making level to be a stick.

Don't just talk about the British, Germany has taken many detours in the aviation industry in history. For example, in history, the Germans required the HE177 to have dive bombing capabilities. Can dive bomb? Why don't you let the fat pig climb the tree? In order to achieve this target, the originally very safe 4 engines were turned into 2 parallel engines. Then, at the beginning, the heat dissipation of the DB610 engine was always a problem, and it began to be built in more than a dozen aircraft because the engines caught fire. Hang up more than 2 digits.... What a pitiful + tragic lesson this is.

Another very cheating choice is the BF110 fighter plan and the subsequent 0 plan. According to the idea of ​​the Luftwaffe, BF110 can be used as a long-range fighter or a light bomber. But actually? On the French battlefield, it performed well when compared with its backward French fighters. However, in the face of the British Spitfire, BF110 knelt down decisively.

In fact, this is also a route problem. 38 and DH108 are the only two in World War 2 that can PK with single-engine fighters of the same period. However, the P38 can fight, but its air combat performance is still not as good as the top aircraft such as P51D, Corsair 4, and Spitfire 14, and it is also not as good as the F190D. As for DH108, it was too late when it came out, and it could fight with P51D, but it still couldn't beat P51H and the last British propeller fighter.

Therefore, on the issue of long-range fighters, single-engine fighters with large fuel tanks are better than twin-engine fighters. Aircraft like ME410 should be used more as night combat aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft and light bombers. However, in terms of these aspects, no German twin-engine aircraft of the same level can compare with mosquitoes.

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