Comments on: Speed 2, the need for more http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Airminded · The widening margin http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-74812 Airminded · The widening margin Wed, 28 May 2008 04:04:35 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-74812 [...] I gave the other way. I was trying to think of a way to illustrate in concrete terms the problem of speed for the air defence of Britain. I came up with the [...] [...] I gave the other way. I was trying to think of a way to illustrate in concrete terms the problem of speed for the air defence of Britain. I came up with the [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-1866 Brett Holman Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:26:48 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-1866 Ah, good point -- I should have thought of that. I'm sure you're right. I suspect that it was for much the same reason that the Home Defence Air Force had slightly more fighter squadrons than bomber squadrons, even though the idea was to have 2 bomber squadrons for each fighter squadron. Ah, good point — I should have thought of that. I’m sure you’re right. I suspect that it was for much the same reason that the Home Defence Air Force had slightly more fighter squadrons than bomber squadrons, even though the idea was to have 2 bomber squadrons for each fighter squadron.

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-1854 Chris Williams Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:39:39 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/07/22/speed-2-the-need-for-more/#comment-1854 The best way for the Air Ministry to keep design teams together while the Ten Year Rule was working its way through the system was to procure a squadron here, a squadron there, etc, from different manufacturers within the Ring. And it's cheaper to procure a squadron of fighters than one of bombers, so. . . QED. For most of the 1920s, the giant stack of leftover Bristol Fighters and slightly re-engineered DH8s could after all do all the actual necessary bombing of lesser breeds. The best way for the Air Ministry to keep design teams together while the Ten Year Rule was working its way through the system was to procure a squadron here, a squadron there, etc, from different manufacturers within the Ring. And it’s cheaper to procure a squadron of fighters than one of bombers, so. . . QED.

For most of the 1920s, the giant stack of leftover Bristol Fighters and slightly re-engineered DH8s could after all do all the actual necessary bombing of lesser breeds.

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