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PICTURES: When large transport designs arrive ahead of their time


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Driven by the demand for ever-larger aircraft to carry troops during the Second World War, as conflict drew to a close several very large transports were in development that when adapted for civil use promised a step-change in airline capacity. But despite their potential to drive air-travel growth, circumstances conspired to make these designs a false dawn, with the pace of technology rather than customer demand hampering their development.

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