Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945 1960

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Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945 1960

Author	: Matthew R.H. Uttley
File Size	: 55,7 Mb
Publisher	: Routledge
Language	: English
Release Date	: 22 May 2014
ISBN	: 9781135282387
Pages	: 256 pages

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Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945 1960 by Matthew R.H. Uttley Book PDF Summary

This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.

Westland and the British Helicopter Industry 1945 1960 by Matthew R.H. Uttley

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