k5083 wrote:
The precise manner of the 105's cancellation, together with the Iroquois and Jetliner programs, effectively killed Canada's advanced aerospace capability in a way that the governments of the US, UK, France, Sweden, etc. would not have permitted. This is now understood to be the Big Mistake around the 105. It was certainly not ignored in order accounts like TNWAA, but it tended to take a back seat to arguments about the quality of the airplane.
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The UK government certainly would have permitted it and they did many times under similar circumstances. I have a book called "Project Cancelled" by Derek Wood and it causes me, and a couple of friends of similar age and viewpoints, to foam at the mouth whenever we read it.
What with the national airlines requesting airliners designed to their specific requirements and then saying they didn't want the resulting aircraft and various defence organisations pulling figures for their requirements out of thin air and Sandys - admittedly genuinely believed and sincere - White Paper and other political demands many things contributed to the shrinking, at least, of the UK aerospace industry.
JB, I downloaded a pdf about TSR.2 published by the RAF Historical Society 8 years or so going by the file date and it's still available from the RAF Museum.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/ ... dsight.pdfI haven't read it again since then but I think it basically said the decision was correct, however much people of my vintage complain and wail, much like the Avro Arrow.
Edit to add that people of my vintage include me. I've been complaining about the cancellation since 1965 so I'm unlikely to stop now.