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

The third company is De Havilland. In the Jet Age, it began to create the Little Fairy and Ghost Engines, which were mainly used on the De Havilland's own planes, such as the vampire fighter and the seafox. The industry exported to Sweden, which is not as useful as Rolls-Royce's Neon, but it is also a pretty good engine.

As for the fourth company, Armstrong Sidley, this company has done mid-selling and small-selling, which is incomparable to the previous companies, but it is also a senior who struggled in the aviation industry back then.

However, all the glory of this ended in the 1960s! Armstrong Sidley went bankrupt in 1960, De Havilland went bankrupt in 1961, Bristol went bankrupt in 1966, and Rollsell almost went bankrupt in 1973...

What is the reason for this? The glory of the British Empire is not one aspect, but the turbulence of national policies is also to blame! Here we will mention two tragic things the British government has done.

The first thing happened in 1957. In the defense white paper that year, it stated that manned aircraft would be replaced by missiles, so the plan for the development of manned aircraft in the future was stopped. Therefore, the lightning aircraft, which was tested in 1958, became a masterpiece in the history of normal take-off and landing fighter jets in Britain! Then in 1960 and 1961, the two engine companies were finished.

The second thing happened in 1964. After the Labor Party came to power, it cut off a large number of aircraft R&D projects under the pretext of social welfare, such as the famous Tsr2 and P1154 plan aircraft. After this knife, the one who was directly cheated was the Bristol Company, Madan. They had already created the Bristol BS100 engine! It was specially prepared for the P1154 plan. You told me that the plan was cancelled? What should I do if this investment was done? Then, in 1966, the Bristol Engine Company suddenly...

If it weren't for the last conscience of the British political circle, the Conservatives nationalized Rolls-Royce and saved the last single seedling in the British engine industry, I'm afraid the British aviation industry is really overthrown! Of course, the European aviation industry may also be overthrown!

In addition to these two doomsday government policies, the British aviation industry also has many problems on aircraft, and the British government is also responsible for the blame, such as the famous British 3V bombers, Warriors, Victory, and Vulcans. Looking at the performance and data, this TM is completely a bomber of the same level! At the same time, the US imperialists only created a B47, and the Russians created a Tu16! Are you a British short of money? You also created three bombers with similar functions. Are you funny? Even though the British government can find a series of excuses, the clearing party will clear itself, and the cleansing party will not say...

As for the fighter field, it is not much for self-use, which is understandable, but you takeout! The UK is sunset, so we can understand this. Don’t be with the United States and Russia. Let’s compare with France! The French’s aviation industry was several streets worse than the British at the beginning! As a result, let’s see how they did it later? The total production of the Phantom 3 and 5 series is more than 1,400 aircraft! And the final production of the Phantom 2000, as a third-generation aircraft, exceeded 600 aircraft! How many of the last Blitz fighter in the British were produced? But 337 aircraft! Alas, I won’t say anything. I’m full of tears.

The research and development and production of military aircraft after the 2nd World War was completely messy, with many types, but the functions were repeated. The 3V in the bomber is the representative, and the same is true for fighters. Interested readers can take these words on Baidu: attacker, scimitar, sea fox, javelin, mosquito, hunter, feather insect, lightning. Well, these are all fighter aircraft studied by the British, and this is not complete. There are a lot of types, but unfortunately they can be described as repetition... This can be described as a cheating father.

As for the British civil aviation industry? After 2, it was indeed NB for a while, and it was right to say that stars shone, such as the British DH106 Comet Aircraft, VC10 Aircraft, Trident Aircraft, Bac111 Aircraft, etc. However, these aircraft production and design also have their own problems. Domestic demand is limited, and the international market cannot be opened. So the British civil aircraft market finally fell to its knees. Fortunately, the French took over the banner of European civil aircraft, Airbus was established, and Rolls-Royce could continue to sell engines to prolong their lives.

So, looking at the development history of the British aviation industry after World War II, it is brilliant, but more of it is helpless. The government’s decisions are right, but most of them are wrong... The aviation industry, which originally outspoken the world, almost collapsed in just 20 years. This lesson is heavy, which fully illustrates a problem. What a tragic thing it is for the government’s decision-making level to be a stick.

Not to mention the British, Germany has taken many detours in the aviation industry in history. For example, in history, the Germans required the He177 to have dive bombing capabilities. During the Second World War, you allowed it to dive bomb with a full load of more than 30 tons. Why didn't you let fat pigs climb trees? In order to achieve this indicator, the normal normal of the four engines, which were originally very safe, was unconsciously turned into two parallel engines. Then, at the beginning, the cooling of the db610 engine was always a problem. It started to be built in more than a dozen aircraft because the engine caught fire and dropped more than two digits... What a tragic lesson.

Another very deceptive choice is the bf110 fighter program, as well as the me210 and me410 plans behind it. According to the Luftwaffe's idea, the bf110 can be used as a long-range fighter or as a light bomber. But in fact, it performed well when facing French fighters that were behind them on the French battlefield, but in the face of the British's spitfire, the bf110 decisively kneeled down.

In fact, this is also a route problem. In the second battle, twin-engine fighters are difficult to match the top single-engine fighters of the same period. The p38 and dh108 are the only two models in the second battle that can be matched with the PK of the same period. However, the p38 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 it is not as good as the fw190d. As for the DH108, it was too late when it came out, and it can fight with P51d, but it still cannot beat the p51h and the last propeller fighters of the British.

Therefore, when it comes to long-range fighter jets, single-engine fighter jets with large fuel tanks are better than twin-engine fighter jets. Aircraft like the me410 should be used more as night combat aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft and light bombers. However, in these aspects, no German twin-engine aircraft of the same level is comparable to mosquitoes.
Chapter completed!