Comments by "Matthew Eagles" (@mattheweagles5123) on "The Avro Manchester; Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow" video.

The 30's seemed to be a time of such rapid aircraft development that cutting edge to obsolete was months and there was a lot of design dead ends. Cracking video as ever.
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@shauny2285 Martin Baker's designs took years as well, it does depend on priorities. There has been lots of consolidation in the aircraft industries as well, so you won't get lots of smaller companies trying out innovative ideas.
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@allangibson2408 not many of the top performers in 1940 were competitive in 1942, without extensive upgrades at least.
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