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Old August 5th 15, 11:16 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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"Charles Lindbergh" wrote in message
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Wasn't this puppy considered one of Britain's worst aeronautical
engineering disasters?


In terms of money lost, I can think of

Bristol Brabazon: £12M (1949 costs) – £350M (2012 inflation adjusted cost)

SARO Princess: £10M (1952) for three aircraft
http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/S...R_Princess.pdf

R101 Airship: £711,595 (1930)

None of these entered airline service.

In a way, the DeHavilland Comet (1949) was an engineering failure, but it
bounced back from its explosive decompression problems and the Comet 4
series which debuted in 1958 had a productive career of over 30 years.

You also might want to check out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...E2%80% 931959