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JETLINER GENESIS Over the past six decades nearly 40,000 jet-powered airliners have been delivered by almost 30 manufacturers. This special themed issue of Jets explores the evolution of the modern day jetliner Six Decades of Airliner Development From Comet to A350 we offer a potted history of the development of the jetliner Feederliners from Belfast Richard Payne looks back at Short Brothersa€ abortive attempt to create a series of short haul feederliners A conflict of loyalties Bruce Hales-Dutton recalls the UKa€ s involvement in the early days of Airbus VFW 614 Pete London asks what went wrong with West Germanya€ s first jet airliner Features... Century Series Competitor The sleek and powerful F-107 pioneered the idea of piggyback air intakes. Kimberley Hawkins asks why it failed to find favour Sea Harrier Richard Freail completes his history of the Harrier by analysing the development of the navalised Sea Harrier Black Knights and Nuclear Bombs Doug Gordon speaks to B-57 Canberra veterans from the 38th Bombardment Wing The Zipper One of the first DIY personal jets created was the HH-1 Zipper, as Paul Wallis recalls This was the yeara€Ã
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