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- 17 October 1984 - 25 March 1987 (Creation)
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Research material relating to the tenders of the Royal Air Force Basic Trainer, focusing on competition between the Embraer Tocano from Short Brothers Public Limited Company, and the Swiss Pilatus PC9 from British Aerospace.
Material includes: Printed transcript from the House of Lords discussing the tenders; letter from RJ Gordon of Short Brothers Public Limited Company to Ian Mather, inviting him to a lunch promoting their Tocano plane; promotional literature from Short Brothers Public Limited Company and British Aerospace; typescript press releases from British Aerospace and Short Brothers Public Limited Company; articles from newspapers and periodicals such as the Daily Telegraph, Flight and Jane's Defence Weekly, on the competition for the trainer plane tender, and announcing that Short Brothers Public Limited Company won the tender, with was followed by opposition from British Aerospace; and black and white and colour photographs from British Aerospace and Short Brothers Public Limited Company showing their trainer planes.
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- Mather; Ian (1936-); journalist (Subject)