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	Minister of Aircraft Production - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minister of Aircraft Production was the British government position in charge of the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II.
		The first minister was Lord Beaverbrook and under his control the Ministry presided over an enormous increase in British aircraft production.
		A minister with responsibility for both MAP and the Ministry of Supply was appointed in August 1945 and MAP was fully merged into the Ministry of Supply on 1 April 1946.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Aircraft_Production (416 words)

	George Miles
		Aircraft designer whose family firm rivalled de Havilland in the 1930s and once built a tourer for Charles Lindbergh.
		One such secret project was the experimental Libellula canard-wing aircraft, which Miles saw as the answer to the problem of operating high performance fighters from aircraft carriers.
		Among the aircraft which he helped to build for them was the Ambassador, known to airline passengers as the British European Airways Elizabethan.
	home.comcast.net /~aero51/html/history/george.htm (923 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Winston Churchill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ernest Bevin, the Minister of Labour, enter the Cabinet.
		September 1953: Florence Horsbrugh, the Minister of Education, Sir Thomas Dugdale, the Minister of Agriculture, and Gwilym Lloyd George, the Minister of Food, enter the cabinet.
		Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds Sir Thomas Dugdale as Minister of Agriculture.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Winston_Churchill (3654 words)

	Winston Churchill
		In response to previous criticisms that there had been no clear single minister in charge of the prosecution of the war, he created and took the additional position of Minister of Defence.
		Winston Churchill - Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Leader of the House of Commons.
		March 1942: Oliver Lyttelton fills the vacant position of Minister of Production ("war" was dropped from the title).
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/w/wi/winston_churchill.html (4253 words)

	HyperWar: British War Production [Chapter IX]
		The Aircraft Production Officer did not possess the same senior status, but he was in a position to observe the course of manufacture at close quarters and often possessed an intimate knowledge of the problems, achievements and prospects of output in the factory to which he was attached.
		M.A.P. frequently raised the 'progress payments' on account of materials, jigs and tools up to 100 percent of contractors' outlay; and other 'stage payments' were also raised with the result that contractors could received as much as 97½ percent of the price.
		Designs of aircraft were being made and aircraft were being ordered without clear ideas about the comparative costs of different shapes and different methods of production of aircraft parts, which were made necessary by differences in design.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Civil-WarProduction/UK-Civil-WarProduction-9.html (17930 words)

	RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Production of Ruslan aircraft resumed
		The first production of the An-124 transport, which was assembled in Ulyanovsk, took off on its maiden flight in October 1985.
		Production of four aircraft was mothballed in the mid-1990s; however, Ulyanovsk and Kiev recently completed three and one An-124 aircraft each.
		Batch production of the revamped An-124-100M-150 with a load-carrying capacity of 150 tons is to resume soon.
	en.rian.ru /analysis/20060605/49043357.html (851 words)

	The Battle of Britain 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the most key appointments after Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, was that of Maxwell Aitkin, Lord Beaverbrook to the position of Minister of Aircraft Production a newly created portfolio because of the war in Europe.
		At the time of his appointment Britains strength in aircraft was low and an embarassment to the Royal Air Force and it was Beaverbrooks task to bolster in whatever way he could the aircraft production of the nation.
		He would decide as to which aircraft would be produced, he would decide as to which proportionate numbers they would be produced and it was his decision that with the threat of a German invasion possible at any time, fighter production should be given the utmost priority even at the expense of bomber production.
	www.history-world.org /commanders.htm (3722 words)

	Letter, Harriman-->FDR 5/7/1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Colonel Moore-Brabazon who takes Beaverbrook's post as Minister of Aircraft Production is an old flyer, a man of ability and drive but far more orderly in his approach.
		He was one of the few men who talked up to the Prime Minister and had a salutary effect in several situations.
		It seems to be useful to listen to the stories and I usually find it possible to be of at least a little help in explaining how they can go about the presentation of their problems and to whom.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /psfa/psf/box37/t338b02.html (380 words)

	Churchill was ready to let Gandhi die -DAWN - International; January 2, 2006
		India’s viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, sent ministers a telegram stating he was ‘strongly in favour of letting (Gandhi) starve to death’ if he went on hunger strike.
		Ministers decided in Jan 1943 that although they could not be seen to cave in to a hunger strike, they would free him on compassionate grounds were he likely to die.
		Sir Stafford Cripps, minister for aircraft production — who the previous year had failed to reach an agreement with Gandhi that would secure Indian loyalty to the war effort — said: “He is such a semi-religious figure that his death in our hands would be a great blow and embarrassment to us.”—AFP
	www.dawn.com /2006/01/02/int11.htm (380 words)

	Cripps, Sir Stafford. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1945, Cripps was readmitted to the Labour party and appointed president of the Board of Trade in the new Labour government.
		He returned to India to negotiate independence in 1946, and the failure of his mission (because of the antagonism between Hindus and Muslims) is often seen as the point at which the partition of India became inevitable.
		In 1947, Cripps was appointed to the newly created office of minister of economic affairs and within the same year became, in addition, chancellor of the exchequer.
	www.bartleby.com /65/cr/Cripps-S.html (339 words)

	Winston Churchill Encyclopedia Article @ Forbear.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Louis Botha, subsequently prime minister of the then Union of South Africa, but this claim has been challenged, notably by Churchill's grand-daughter Celia Sandys in her book Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive.
		Although traditionally, the Prime Minister does not advise the King on the former's successor, Chamberlain wanted someone who would command the support of all three major parties in the House of Commons.
		It was Beaverbrook's astounding business acumen that allowed Britain to quickly gear up aircraft production and engineering that eventually made the difference in the war.
	www.forbear.net /encyclopedia/Winston_Churchill (4860 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister during World War II who had described Mahatma Gandhi as a “half naked fakir,” was ready to let him die in prison if he went on hunger strike, while interned during the war, archives released here today showed.
		Ministers decided in January 1943 that although they could not be seen to cave in to a hunger strike, they would free him on compassionate grounds were he was likely to die.
		The former Tory Prime Minister’s combative views were in sharp contrast with opinions held by David Cameron, the current leader of the Conservative party, who quoted Gandhi in his New Year message to party activists yesterday.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060102/main7.htm (530 words)

	History of the Typhoon
		This called for the production of two new interceptor fighters to succeed the Hurricane and the Spitfire, with a speed increment of at least 100mph, and with much heavier armament.
		Another blow to the Typhoon/Tornado programme was the decision by Lord Beaverbrook, as Minister of Aircraft Production, in May, 1940, to slow down development of all projects so that production could be concentrated on five types vital to the forthcoming Battle of Britain - the Hurricane and Spitfire, and the Wellington, Whitley and Blenheim bombers.
		Within the 1,000 aircraft on order, 500 were to have been Tornados and 250 Typhoons, with the remainder left undecided until it was seen which proved to have the best engine.
	www.eagle.ca /~harry/aircraft/typhoon/ty_hist.htm (1265 words)

	Chkalov Tashkent Industrial Aircraft Association [TAPiCH] - Russian Defense Industry
		The Tashkent Aviation Production Organisation was established in 1932 at Khimki in the Moscow region but moved to its present site in Uzbekistan in 1941, during WW II.
		The new generation of aircraft models IL- 76MF and IL- 76TF have a carrying capacity of over 52 tons and are equipped with new highly economic low-noise motors.
		In March 2000 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who is in charge of the military-industrial complex, had a meeting with state adviser to the president of Uzbekistan on security issues Mirakbar Rahmonqulov in Moscow.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/industry/chkalov.htm (1378 words)

	TIME.com: Prime Minister Canute -- Aug. 11, 1941 -- Page 1
		What could such a minister do that was not already being done by Supply Minister Lord Beaverbrook, Aircraft Production Minister Lieut.
		Aircraft and other factories have been "diluted," spread out over as many as 45 sub-centers for a single plant.
		The Prime Minister also claimed that the labor situation, target of much criticism, is encouraging.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,765879,00.html (629 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Churchill took hardline on Gandhi
		The UK's WWII prime minister thought India's leader should be treated like anyone else if he stopped eating while being held by the British.
		But his ministers persuaded him against the tactic, fearing Gandhi would become a martyr if he died in British hands.
		Eventually in January 1943, ministers decided that although they could not give into a hunger strike publicly - they would be willing to release the spiritual leader on compassionate grounds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4573152.stm (341 words)

	Uncle Ted's ADC Collection
		Soviet aircraft in the 1930s through the WW2 period followed a design paradigm that valued simplicity of construction and robustness (for simplicity of maintenance) as well as performance.
		Once WW2 began in Europe, and several aircraft deals died by non-delivery, Sweden decided it needed a domestic aircraft industry to supply its air arm to maintain its stance of armed neutrality in the face of mid-twentieth century combat.
		These aircraft were being developed as the Reich was falling, meaning that prototypes were being constructed (or had been flown) but there were still a few bugs to be worked out.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/ADClist.htm (3134 words)

	New jet ‘giant leap’ towards self-reliance: President opens aircraft production -DAWN - Top Stories; 6, April 2005
		KAMRA, April 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday described the launching of JF-17 thunder aircraft production project as a giant leap towards indigenization and self-reliance, saying Pakistan will maintain minimum level of defensive deterrence in both conventional and unconventional fields as it wants peace with dignity and honour.
		Addressing the launching ceremony of the production project of the multi-role fighter plane, jointly developed by Pakistan and China, the president said it reflects the time-tested friendship between the two countries.
		Pakistan has evaluated the requirements of its armed forces for the next 15 years and declared that the country has both resources and skilled manpower to meet the target for the next 15 years and maintain defensive deterrence strategy.
	www.dawn.com /2005/04/06/top2.htm (339 words)

	Air Power:The Battle of Britain
		In June 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had promised the world that even though his nation now stood alone, it was ready to fight the Battle of Britain to save the world from defeat and a new Dark Age.
		Adjustments to current production were not made to increase the airplane range, although auxiliary fuel tanks had been developed during the Spanish Civil War.
		Under the supervision of the Minister of Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, resupply and maintenance became a national priority.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/Battle_of_Britain/AP22.htm (1524 words)

	Eliot A. Cohen on Winston Churchill & War on National Review Online
		There he found Winston Churchill, prime minister and minister of defense, flanked by his scientific adviser, the minister of aircraft production, the air minister, and the uniformed high command of the Royal Air Force: the chief of air staff, the commanders in chief of both Fighter Command and Bomber Command, and their scientific advisers.
		Although some presidents and prime ministers have had their reputations rise (Harry Truman, most notably) or remain the same (Lincoln comes to mind), such reexamination usually chips away at the historical statuary rather than polishing it.
		In the case of Churchill the critique is particularly interesting, because it goes not only to the question of the character and personality of the British leader but to the essence of the activity in which he engaged — the creation of strategy.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-cohen061702.asp (2466 words)

	DreamAircraft Tundra
		The TUNDRA is a four place kit plane with performance levels that put it easily in the STOL aircraft category (Short Takeoff and Landing) with a useful load comparable to bigger airplanes in the Cessna Skylane category.
		This airplane kit allows you to build an aircraft which will carry four adults, their luggage and enough fuel for a trip of several hours, even in floatplane configuration.
		Color-coded and highly detailed 3D technical drawings are supplied with the aircraft kit, as well as an extensive and detailed assembly manual that shows you step by step «how to build an airplane kit».
	www.dreamaircraft.com (1380 words)

	AllRefer.com - Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Politically ambitious, he was involved in the intrigues that led to the replacement (1916) of Herbert Asquith as prime minister by David Lloyd George.
		Both in Parliament and in his newspapers he advocated strong imperial ties and free trade within the empire, regardless of commercial agreements with other countries, but he never succeeded completely in his attempts to have his imperial isolationist policies adopted by the Conservative party.
		In World War II, Lord Beaverbrook was prominent in Winston Churchill's coalition government as minister of aircraft production (1940–41), minister of supply (1941–42), minister of war production (Feb., 1942), special envoy to the United States on supplies (1942), and lord privy seal (1943–45).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Beaverbr.html (397 words)

	Ben Chifley biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was in general a supporter of the Scullin government's economic policies, and in 1931 he became Minister for Defence.
		Although Frank Forde was officially Curtin's deputy, Chifley became the minister Curtin most relied on, and he controlled most domestic policy while Curtin was preoccupied with the war effort.
		Hon John Dedman, MP: Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Minister for Postwar Reconstruction.
	ben-chifley.biography.ms (1512 words)

	ch3
		Second, Whittle thought the forward speed of the aircraft created a ram effect, which increased the efficiency of the compressor; third, only a portion of the energy released into the turbine had to be used to drive the compressor-the rest could be used for propulsive thrust.
		Although the turbojet created a revolution in aircraft propulsion,, it was not as radical a break with the technology of the reciprocating engine as the word revolution might imply.
		The deliberate omission of the aircraft engine manufacturers may have led the committee to underestimate what a demanding undertaking it would be to develop a new aircraft engine.
	history.nasa.gov /SP-4306/ch3.htm (11057 words)

	Plane Speaking
		It focuses on Miles Aircraft, which was based in Woodley Airfield – then called Reading Aerodrome – from 1932 until the late 1940s and ML Aviation (MLA), based in White Waltham from the late 1930s until recent years.
		A scale model of the M.52 shows Miles Aircraft was a leading light in the aviation industry in its heyday.
		Mr Kite said: “It was assumed by Ben Lockspieser, the Minister of Aircraft Production, that it was too dangerous to risk pilots’ lives trying to get through the sound barrier.” To add insult to injury Miles Aircraft was ordered to hand its work and designs over to the American Bell Aircraft Company.
	home.comcast.net /~aero51/html/media/going_out.htm (835 words)

	Syrian minister lauds Iran's success in aircraft industry - Irna
		Speaking to domestic and foreign reporters after inspecting Isfahan Aircraft Manufacturing Complex and the production line of 'Iran 140' aircraft, he said that the industry is sophisticated and requires various expertise.
		The Syrian defense minister said that the type of aircraft being manufactured here meets high standards.
		The aircraft which is currently being produced in Isfahan in cooperation with Ukraine is modeled on 'Antonov 140'.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0606148894182959.htm (248 words)

	Russia Resumes Production of World’s Largest Aircraft - MONEY - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Aviastar-SP plant in Ulyanovsk, one of the largest enterprises in Russia’s aircraft-building industry, is resuming series production of An-124 Ruslan jumbo aircraft, the world’s largest production airplane.
		The implementation of the project to resume series production of the An-124 aircraft got under way at the recently held MAKS-2005 international air show, where a trilateral agreement was signed between Aviastar-SP and the Volga-Dnepr and Polet airline companies.
		Taking into account the demand for this aircraft in other countries, a total of 50 aircraft need to be built.
	mosnews.com /money/2005/08/31/jumbojet.shtml (393 words)

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