"Spiv" wrote in message
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Please look at an Atlas. Denmark is smaller than Scotland alone.


Not if Greenland is included.



They sold well enough and filled the niche they intended too. The British
have made planes that were better than their US equivalents: VC10 v 707,
Britannia v other US props, BAC 1-11 v DC9, etc,


How were they superior?



but never sold that well
because US companies could keep prices down because they had larger
production lines as US carriers preferred them.


The primary problem with the British transports is they were designed
specifically to meet the needs of BOAC and BEA. The American transports
were designed to appeal to a wider variety of customers.



Only the British and French had small jet commuter planes at one point and
the first executive jet was the HS 125.


The Lockheed Jetstar made it's first flight in September 1957, the North
American Sabreliner made it's first flight in September 1958, the Hawker
Siddeley 125 made it's first flight in August 1962.