FORMATIVE YEARS OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY, 1913-1924

Although early British aircraft manufacturers attempted to exploit the private, civil aviation, and export markets for their products, the military market became the most important one by World War I. Mr. Fearon shows that the aircraft industry was largely dependent on military orders, but that government policy in this area tended to retard rather than promote progress and growth. It was only the optimism of the pioneer firms about the future which made the expansion of the industry possible. © 1969, The President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved.