Comments on: The shadow of the airliner http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Airminded · The bomber will always get through http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-63603 Airminded · The bomber will always get through Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:18:34 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-63603 [...] the air forces of the world ought to be abolished, but if they are you have got civil aviation, and in civil aviation you have your potential bombers. It is all very well using the phrase “international control,” but nobody knows quite [...] [...] the air forces of the world ought to be abolished, but if they are you have got civil aviation, and in civil aviation you have your potential bombers. It is all very well using the phrase “international control,” but nobody knows quite [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-3123 Brett Holman Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:51:34 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-3123 To me, post-war means post-1918 :) You're right, there were; but as that article says, the Lancastrian had limited volume and being fast and long-ranged, was best-suited to VIPs and airmail. In other words, it didn't have the same attributes as normal civil transports. It must be significant that a lot of effort was put into designing specifically civilian passenger aircraft shortly after, and even during the war (eg the Brabazon), rather than adapting the thousands of war-surplus bombers, utilising existing production lines and existing expertise in those types. To me, post-war means post-1918 :)

You’re right, there were; but as that article says, the Lancastrian had limited volume and being fast and long-ranged, was best-suited to VIPs and airmail. In other words, it didn’t have the same attributes as normal civil transports. It must be significant that a lot of effort was put into designing specifically civilian passenger aircraft shortly after, and even during the war (eg the Brabazon), rather than adapting the thousands of war-surplus bombers, utilising existing production lines and existing expertise in those types.

]]> By: Vidi « Archaeoastronomy http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-3098 Vidi « Archaeoastronomy Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:19:12 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-3098 [...] Some attempts to examine the historical context of the attacks include Carl Pyrdum’s History on Top, Crazy on the Bottom at Got Medieval which examines the idea that this was the attack of a medieval ideology. Classics in Contemporary Culture goes further back in 9-11 Antecedent? which looks back at the fall of Rome. Via History Carnival 39 comes another article To what extent is the medieval Western preconception about Islam still prevalent today? at The difference is the difference you make!. Finally the Airminded Brett Holman talks about The Shadow of the Airliner from 1920s and 1930s. News [...] [...] Some attempts to examine the historical context of the attacks include Carl Pyrdum’s History on Top, Crazy on the Bottom at Got Medieval which examines the idea that this was the attack of a medieval ideology. Classics in Contemporary Culture goes further back in 9-11 Antecedent? which looks back at the fall of Rome. Via History Carnival 39 comes another article To what extent is the medieval Western preconception about Islam still prevalent today? at The difference is the difference you make!. Finally the Airminded Brett Holman talks about The Shadow of the Airliner from 1920s and 1930s. News [...]

]]> By: Alan Allport http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-2930 Alan Allport Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:11:31 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/09/12/the-shadow-of-the-airliner/#comment-2930 Though of course some WWII bombers were converted into post-war civilian airliners, e.g. the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian" rel="nofollow">Avro Lancastrian</a>. Though of course some WWII bombers were converted into post-war civilian airliners, e.g. the Avro Lancastrian.

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