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All:
I am in the early stages of research for my dissertation in history which is going to examine the development of jets from military to civilian applications. To that end in 1943, the British formed the Brabazon Committee which laid the groundwork for British Civil Aviation in the postwar period. Part of the report resulted in the development of the Comet jetliner. Does anyone know where I might be able to locate a copy of the 1945 report?

Any leads will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Chris,

Try the Brits at http://forum.planetalk.net/index.php

good luck

Just found this in the May 2008 issue of Fly Past (ad, on page 61):

The Brabazon Committee and British Airliners 1945 - 1960 18.75 Sterling Pounds.

"Whilst the work of the Brabazon Committee, founded in 1943 to investigate the post war requirements of the British civilian airliner market, is the coreof this book, it is virtually a history of British produced civil airliners between 1945 and 1960. From the Avro York and other converted bombers through to the VC10, a wide range of aircraft are covered in this interesting book. 159 pages, very well illustrated with B & W photos. Paperback."

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Saludos,


Tulio

Tulio: Thanks! I came across that book last night and will probably be ordering it in the next few days.

Roger: thanks for the suggestion, I will be posting over there shortly.

Any other leads will be appreciated!

Chris

What a quick result!

http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=6132 well done to all who responded.

I would like to echo Robbo's comments and did so over on plane talk! Roger, much appreciated for your suggestion! That is what I love about those of us who are nuts about old aviation, if we don't know the answer, we know who might! Hopefully in the future I can pay back some of the debts I have acrued to people like Roger and Curtiss Block, Old Shep, Randy Wilson, and others.

Everyone fly safe, and let's have a good show season!

Chris

CAF Blastards/EOD
An airshow is just an expensive fly-in without us, and we don't even need the airplanes to be in the air!

flyingsailor wrote:I would like to echo Robbo's comments and did so over on plane talk! Roger, much appreciated for your suggestion! That is what I love about those of us who are nuts about old aviation, if we don't know the answer, we know who might! Hopefully in the future I can pay back some of the debts I have acrued to people like Roger and Curtiss Block, Old Shep, Randy Wilson, and others.

Everyone fly safe, and let's have a good show season!

Chris

CAF Blastards/EOD
An airshow is just an expensive fly-in without us, and we don't even need the airplanes to be in the air!

Glad we could help, just do the same when you can and help out the next guy/gal.