{"id":125519,"date":"2024-09-12T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/airspeed-ambassador-history\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:00:12","slug":"airspeed-ambassador-how-why-did-the-post-war-british-airliner-fall-short-of-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519","title":{"rendered":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of the Second World War, the British government had begun to identify that significant advances in aviation technology during the war would lead to major leaps forward in terms of civil aviation. To keep pace, Westminster appointed the Brabazon committee, an organization with the single goal of promoting and supporting British civil aircraft production following the conclusion of the War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,13240,408,4409,1824],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-commercial-aviation","category-history","category-old-aircraft","category-uk-aviation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest authors\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-12T13:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-12T13:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Airspeed Ambassador: How & Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine\",\"headline\":\"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\\u202fpm.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":930},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"aircraft, Commercial Aviation, History, old aircraft, UK aviation\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"name\":\"aircraft\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"aircraft\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#listItem\",\"name\":\"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=396#listItem\",\"name\":\"aircraft\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\\u202fpm.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":930},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/VibewireCentral\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13\",\"name\":\"Guest authors\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/764687183b9d2913837d7b543a5b43684d46e7eef4e1a9af4821624eb2bebbc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Guest authors\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519\",\"name\":\"Airspeed Ambassador: How & Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine\",\"description\":\"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=125519#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=13#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Airspeed Ambassador: How & Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine","description":"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#blogposting","name":"Airspeed Ambassador: How & Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine","headline":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\u202fpm.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#articleImage","width":1028,"height":930},"datePublished":"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00","dateModified":"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00","inLanguage":"en-AU","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#webpage"},"articleSection":"aircraft, Commercial Aviation, History, old aircraft, UK aviation"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","name":"aircraft"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","position":2,"name":"aircraft","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#listItem","name":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#listItem","position":3,"name":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396#listItem","name":"aircraft"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\u202fpm.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519\/#organizationLogo","width":1028,"height":930},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibewireCentral"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13","name":"Guest authors","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/764687183b9d2913837d7b543a5b43684d46e7eef4e1a9af4821624eb2bebbc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Guest authors"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519","name":"Airspeed Ambassador: How & Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine","description":"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.","inLanguage":"en-AU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=13#author"},"datePublished":"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00","dateModified":"2024-09-12T23:00:12+10:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","inLanguage":"en-AU","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","og:type":"article","og:title":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine","og:description":"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.","og:url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519","article:published_time":"2024-09-12T13:00:12+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-09-12T13:00:12+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@VibewireCentral","twitter:title":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations? - VibeWire Magazine","twitter:description":"The post-war aircraft was supposed to bring British domestic production back to life.","twitter:creator":"@VibewireCentral"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"125519","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2025-08-29 04:58:00","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2025-08-29 04:58:00","updated":"2025-08-29 04:58:00"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396\" title=\"aircraft\">aircraft<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tAirspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au"},{"label":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=396"},{"label":"Airspeed Ambassador: How &amp; Why Did The Post-War British Airliner Fall Short Of Expectations?","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=125519"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125520,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125519\/revisions\/125520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}