Editing Brabazon Committee (section)

{{Short description|1942 UK government committee on the post-war civilian airliner market}}
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The '''Brabazon Committee''' was a committee set up by the British government in 1942 to investigate the future needs of the [[British Empire]]'s civilian airliner market following World War II.<ref name=Phipp15>Phipp, 2007, pp.15-16</ref> The study was an attempt at defining, in broad overview, the impact of projected advances in aviation technology and to forecast the global needs of the post war British Empire (in South Asia, Africa, the Near and [[Far East]]) and Commonwealth ([[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]]) in the area of air transport, for passengers, mail, and cargo.<ref name=Phipp15/>

The study recognized that the British Empire and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] as both a political and economic entity would have a vital need for aviation systems (principally aircraft) to facilitate its continued existence and self-reliance in the post-war world. For military and commercial reasons, the empire simply could not continue to exist if did not understand the needs, and develop the industrial infrastructure to provide, the aviation systems and sub-systems necessary to supply and maintain a global air transport service.