Development and types of commercial aircraft used after the second world war?

Answer 1

Many of the commercial aircraft used after the war were based on wartime and pre-war designs.

The DC-3 was a primary aircraft for most airlines after the war and many were available as surplus C-47s and converted back to airliners. The same thing was done with the C-46 Commando.

The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was the first four-engined pressurized airliner and appeared just before the war, but only 10 examples were made.

During the war, the DC-4 and the Constelation were first flown operationally, but for military purposes. These two airliners and derivtives would be the backbone of the civil airliner fleet for more than a decade after the war.

The British, concerned about the domination of the American civil aerospace industry, formed the Brazabon commitee to decide a strategy for types of airliners they were to manufacture. Several designs were off the mark (like the monstrous Saro Princess flying boat and the huge Brazabon landplane) but one of the results was the first jet airliner, the Comet.

The capabilities of post-war commercial aircraft were greatly increased and as a result flying boats quickly became extinct. Non-stop east bound and then west bound flights were common by the mid 1950s and the widespread use of cabin pressurization enabled the aircraft to fly above most weather.

The competition from steamships and trains continued until the advent of the jet age in 1958 when the high capacity 707 dominated the skies. the British has started jet service in 1952 and the Soviets in 1956, but these services were limited and interrupted several times.

Answer 2

How about asking again in the form of a question?

What do you want to know? Sticking a '?' on the end of some words doen't make it a question. What do you want to know about development? What about the types of aircraft?

You shouldn't duplicate questions either, that can be seen as abuse.

Answer 3

Uh... "JETS". Supersonic.

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