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The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
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A VERY BRITISH TALE
75 YEARS ON — THE BRABAZON COMMITTEE
ISSUE
33
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THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
Issue No 33
Published quarterly by:
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Editor’s Letter
75 YEARS AGO, in December 1945, Lord Brabazon of Tara
delivered the last of his reports based on the work of his
Committee, originally convened in late 1942 to examine the
prospects for the UK’s post-war civil aviation industry.
Intended to prepare the soil in which to plant post-war flags
of prosperity for Britain and its Dominions, the Brabazon
Committee’s recommendations were largely prescient and
well-conceived from a technical and operational standpoint,
but the political methodology required to put them into
action was too complex, and the industrial base too diverse
and sedentary to implement them at the pace required to
grasp the lead envisioned by the Committee. In this issue,
using contemporary official sources, Professor Keith
Hayward examines the political and industrial aspects of the
Committee’s work, to be followed in
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by Ralph
Pegram’s analysis of BOAC’s frustrated relationship with the
Committee and the proposed hardware that the airline felt it
needed — but didn’t get. It’s a classic Great British story of
political muddle, industrial inertia and lost opportunities.
Although encompassing a typically wide spread of subjects,
this issue definitely also has something of a French flavour.
Starting on page 32 we have Jean-Christophe Carbonel
describing the 1920s experiments of Jean de Chappedelaine
into centrifugal force as a means of propulsion; trailing in its
(optimistic) wake is Thomas Withington’s exploration of the
possibility of Dassault’s Mirage IV as a TSR.2 replacement for
the RAF in the mid-1960s; and on page 96 Albert Grandolini
opens his multi-part biography of Cambodian MiG-17 and
Skyraider pilot Major Su Sampong, who was posted to
France to hone his fighter skills before returning to serve with
the
Aviation Royal Khmère,
an air arm largely built on French
military aviation principles. And that’s not to mention Peru’s
Nieuport-Delages on pages 108–113. It was not a conscious
decision to “theme” the issue, but this Gallic
saveur
hopefully
lends it a certain piquancy —
bon appetit!
ISSUE NUMBER 33
(published October 15, 2020)
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Nick Stroud
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FRONT COVER
A Bristol mechanic inspects the tail of the Bristol
Brabazon prototype, G-AGPW, the largest passenger landplane in
the world, in September 1950.
TAH ARCHIVE / COLOUR BY RICHARD JAMES MOLLOY
BACK COVER
The romantically registered Douglas DC-6 I-LOVE
joined the Linee Aeree Italiane fleet in October 1950. The final part of
Maurice Wickstead’s three-parter on Italy’s airlines starts on p58.
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CONTENTS
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EDITOR’S LETTER
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AIR CORRESPONDENCE
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THE BRABAZON COMMITTEE: A POLITICAL HISTORY
75 years ago the Brabazon Committee, convened to
explore the post-war prospects for Britain’s civil aircraft
industry, delivered its final report. Professor Keith Hayward
FRAeS laments a golden opportunity for Britain missed
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GRAYPEA
Electronic warfare specialist Bill Cahill describes how the
USAAF’s 25th Bomb Group used the speed and agility of
the D.H. Mosquito to lay screens of radar-confusing “chaff”
ahead of the Eighth Air Force’s bomber streams in 1944–45
32
CES HOMMES MAGNIFIQUES: DE CHAPPEDELAINE
Jean-Christophe Carbonel’s series on France’s “magnificent
men” continues with Jean de Chappedelaine, one of
whose ideas was a machine powered by centrifugal force
When the BAC TSR.2 was cancelled in 1965, the RAF still
needed a Canberra replacement; might France’s Dassault
Mirage IV nuclear bomber suit? Using contemporary
official sources, Thomas Withington finds out why it didn’t
38
A GRAND ILLUSION?
58
The Soviet Union fought a high-profile war in Afghanistan in
the 1980s — but the Soviets brought aviation to the nation
some 60 years previously, as Vladimir Kotelnikov relates
Maurice Wickstead concludes his three-part series on
Italy’s pioneering independent airlines with the Second
World War and beyond, when private enterprise in civil
aviation was re-established — and de-established again
In the final part of his series on the events of the intense
battle for Sidi Bou Zid in Tunisia during February 14–15,
1943, Dr Andrew Arthy details the activities of both the
USAAF and Luftwaffe on the crucial second day of fighting
46
THE LONG ROAD TO KABUL
58
ITALY’S FORGOTTEN AIRLINES Pt 3
70
TWO DAYS IN FEBRUARY Pt 2
46
86
80
BJÖRN’S LITTLE GOBLIN
Swedish aviation historian Jan Forsgren tells the story of
the small but perfectly formed Andreasson BA-4/BA-4B
Philip Jarrett Hon CRAeS explores the curious tale of the
Gould Prize, established by a wealthy American railroad
magnate in 1910 for the design and construction of a
“fail-safe” aircraft. It was never awarded — why not?
Using interviews and first-hand accounts, Albert
Grandolini opens a new series on the flying career of
Cambodian MiG and Skyraider pilot Major Su Sampong
86
HOW THE GOULD PRIZE WASN’T WON
96
ON THE WINGS OF THE HANSA Pt 1
108
WINGS OVER PERU: NIEUPORT-DELAGE 122C1
20
Continuing his occasional series on Peruvian aviation,
Amaru Tincopa chronicles the short, forgettable career of
the NiD 122C1 in
Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú
service
Matthew Willis traces the unusually varied history of
Hawker P.1040 prototype VP401, from trials aircraft to
high-speed racer and, ultimately, rocket-research machine
114
ARMCHAIR AVIATION
119
LOST & FOUND
120
FROM REJECT TO ROCKETSHIP
130
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
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