Real event, faked photo "The photo is obviously fake. The plane wouldn't have created such a huge plume of water. And how likely is it that someone would have managed to capture a picture of the scene at exactly the right moment? And if you look closely, you can see several people in the...

The British aircraft manufacturing industry of the postwar era was a mess. There were petty disputes among companies, redundant research because no one wanted to share anything, lack of public funding (this one is understandable), and failure to adapt to the new era of air travel. "We have handed...