Empire of the Clouds

Empire of the Clouds

by James Hamilton-Paterson

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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of jet aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment?

ISBN: 9780571247950

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"Describes how we damaged our aviation industry with a series of short-sighted political decisions in the late 60s and 70s."

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"@thestigmaster And I agree with you on this. There is a great book called Empire of the Clouds which describes how we damaged our aviation industry with a series of short-sighted political decisions in the late 60s and 70s."

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