Chapter 1876： Policy power two

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

The third company is De Havilland. In the jet age, the goblins and ghost engines were developed. They were mainly used on De Havilland’s own aircraft, such as vampire fighters and sea vixen. Sweden, not as easy to use as Rollo's Nien, but it is also a decent engine.

As for the fourth Armstrong Sidley, this company has engaged in middle push and small push, which is incomparable with the previous ones, but it is also a predecessor in the aviation industry.

However, all this glory came to a halt in the 60s! Armstrong Sidley went bankrupt in 1960, De Havilland went bankrupt in 1961, Bristol went bankrupt in 1966, and Rolls-Royce nearly went bankrupt in 1973...

What caused this thing? The glory of the British Empire is not one aspect, but the turbulence in national policy is also to blame! Here are two sad things done by the British government.

The first thing happened in 1957. In this year’s national defense white paper, it was stated that manned aircraft would be replaced by missiles, so the future development of manned aircraft was stopped. Therefore, the Lightning aircraft that was tested in 1958 became a British normal. The swan song in the history of takeoff and landing fighters! Then in 1970, the two engine companies were finished.

The second incident occurred in 1964. After the Labor Party came to power, using social welfare as an excuse to cut down a large number of aircraft research and development projects, such as the famous 4 Plane aircraft. After this knife, the Bristol company was directly scammed. Hey, people have already made the Bristol BS100 engine! It was specially prepared for the P1154 plan. You told me that the plan was cancelled? What about this investment? Then, decisively in 1966, Bristol Engine Company suddenly...

If it were not for the last conscience of British politics, the Conservative Party nationalized Rolls-Royce and kept the last seedling of the British engine industry. I am afraid that the current British aviation industry is really over! Of course, the European aviation industry may also be ruined!

In addition to these two doomsday-like government policies, the British aviation industry also has many problems on the aircraft, and the British government cannot shirk the blame. For example, the famous British 3V bomber in history, Warriors, Victory, Fire God. Looking at the performance and data, this TM is a bomber of a level! At the same time, the US emperor also made a B47 and Mao Zi made a TU16! Are you English short of money? Are you making 3 bombers with similar functions? Even though the British government can find a series of excuses, but the people of the Qing Dynasty clean up themselves, the Land Wash Party will not say anything....

As for the fighter field? Self-use is really not too much, this is understandable, but you take it out! It’s sunset in Britain. We can understand this. Don’t compare with the United States and Russia. Let’s compare with France! The French aviation industry started a few blocks worse than the British! As a result, see how others did it later? The total output of the Mirage 3 and 5 series is over 1,400! The final production number of the Mirage 2000, which is the third-generation machine, has exceeded 600! How much was the British last Lightning fighter produced? But 337! Hey, don't say anything. Full of tears.

The research and development and production of British military aircraft after World War II is completely messy, with many types, but with repeated functions. The 3V in the bomber is representative, and the fighter is the same. Interested readers can Baidu these words: attacker, scimitar, sea Vixen, javelin, gnat, hunter, feather worm, lightning. Well, these are all fighters studied by the British, and this is not complete. There are many kinds, but unfortunately they can all be described by repetition... This can be described as cheating.

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

So, looking at the history of the British aviation industry after World War II, it is brilliant, but it is more helpless. The government has made correct decisions, but most of them are wrong... The aerospace industry, which originally scorned the world, almost collapsed in just 20 years. This lesson is painful and fully illustrates a problem. How tragic it is for the government decision-making level to be a hammer.

Don’t just talk about the British. In the history of Germany, there have been many detours in the aviation industry. For example, in history, the Germans required the HE177 to have a dive bombing capability. During the Second World War, the Dongdong with a full take-off weight of more than 30 tons, you let it. Can dive bombing? Why don't you let the fat pig go up to the tree? In order to achieve this target The originally very stable four engines were normally made into two parallel engines. Then, at the beginning, the heat dissipation of the DB610 engine was always a problem, and it began to build more than a dozen. More than 2 digits of the aircraft hung up due to engine fire... What a cheating + terrible lesson.

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

In fact, this is also a route issue. The 38 and DH108 are the only two in the 2nd battle that can compete with the single-engine fighters in the same period. However, the P38 can fight or can fight, but the air combat performance is still not as good as the top aircraft such as P51D, Pirate 4, and Spitfire 14, and at the same time not as good as F190D. As for DH108, it was too late when it came out. It can fight with P51D, but it still can't beat P51H and the British last-generation propeller fighter.

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

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