The Aviation Historian — Issue 21 (October 2017)

(Jacob Rumans) #1
By the mid-1930s all was not well in the world of British civil
aviation, with antiquated biplane airliners trudging along the
Empire routes while the Americans fielded fast, efficient all-
metal monoplanes. Using original company documents, Fairey
specialist BILL HARRISON explores the company’s response:
the ambitious but unbuilt “FC” series of pre- and post-war airliners

Empire routes while the Americans fielded fast, efficient all-
metal monoplanes. Using original company documents, Fairey
specialist
the ambitious but unbuilt “FC” series of pre- and post-war airliners

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