What happened to the British aircraft industry?

Considering the UK was at the forefront of aviation, the fall and rise of the British aircraft and defence industry is one of the lesser-known subjects even to us Britians who often see the fall of manufacturing as just one way, though the British government has sometimes made things much worse than they could have been. In this video, we look at the collapse of UK aircraft production and the missed opportunities together with the future possibilities now. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Paypal.me : https://www.paypal.me/curiousdroid Sponsored by Craig Fleming, Florian Hesse, Peter Barber Also : Alan Johns Allan Versaevel Alok G Singh Andrew SMITH Bobby Chad Mellor Cody Belichesky Collin Copfer Damien Pasche Daniele Noacco David Stevens Giacomo Catenazzi Henri Saussure Jared Swanson Johan Rombaut john edwards Jonathan Merage Jonathan Travers Juerg Hurni Kai Spuhler Kevin Hinnen Lorne Diebel Loyd Hamilton László Antal Mark Koontz Matthew MacKenzie P.S. Prashanth Ruthala Pyloric SHAMIR Sk1er stefan hufenbach Thomas Branch Vincent Walt Dennig And a big thank you to all our other Patreon supporters. Presented by Paul Shillito Written and Researched by Paul Shillito. Images and Footage: BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, Crown Copyright, Boeing, US DoD, Phil Cossey Music From the Youtube library The End by Coyote Hearing Nidra in the Sky with Ayler by Jesse Gallagher Cylinder Four by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ I Am Running with Temporary Success from a Monstrous Vacuum by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ What Does Anybody Know About Anything by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/dtv/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Infinite Perspective by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500024 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ New Morning by TrackTribe