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020 _a9781138987036
037 _bTaylor & Francis
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100 1 _aMatthew R.H. Uttley
245 1 0 _aWestland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960
_bLicensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation
250 _a1
260 _aOxford
_bRoutledge
_c20151126
300 _a256 p
520 _bThis study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.
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