Editing Brabazon Committee (section)

==First Committee and Interim Report==
The first Committee under the leadership of Lord Brabazon first met on 23 December 1942 and met a further nine times between then and 9 February 1943, when it submitted its outline recommendations to the UK [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] in its Interim Report. This recommended the adaptation for civil use of four military types of aircraft which were then in, or near, production, and the design of five new types specifically for civil use.<ref name=Phipp17>Phipp, 2007, p.17</ref>

The four adaptations were:<ref name=Phipp17/>

*(i) [[Avro York]] (developed from the [[Avro Lancaster]])
*(ii) [[Vickers Warwick]]
*(iii) [[Short Sunderland|Short Hythe]] (converted from the [[Short Sunderland]] III)
*(iv) [[Short Sandringham]] (an improved conversion of the Short Sunderland V)

The five new types proposed were:<ref name=Phipp17/>

*'''Type I''': a very large, long-range landplane for the North Atlantic route.
*'''Type II''': an economical replacement for the [[Douglas DC-3]] for European services.
*'''Type III''': a four-engined, medium-range landplane for the [[British Empire|Empire]] routes.
*'''Type IV''': the most advanced of them all, a [[jet engine|jet-propelled]] mailplane for the North Atlantic.
*'''Type V''': a twin-engined, fourteen-passenger [[feederliner]].