The Plowden Report on the Industry: Extracts from the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the aircraft industry

Abstract

The following extracts from the Plowden Committee's report on the aircraft industry cover the conclusions and summary of recommendations made by the Committee, and includes the reservation by Mr Aubrey Jones. Excerpts from some of the earlier chapters, discussing the environment in which the industry operates and its history, are also given, together with the first three chapters of Section 4] on ‘The Case for an Aircraft Industry’. The text is slightly abridged in some places. The full report, Command 2853, is obtainable at 10s. from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Citation

(1966), "The Plowden Report on the Industry: Extracts from the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the aircraft industry", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034124