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Mind you, the very staid nature of the British establishment meant that many ideas wouldn't even be considered. Martin-Baker built one of the best piston engined fighters ever, the MB5, but it was never going to be put into production because the Ministry of Supply had limited resources (despite our victory and allied assistance, Britain was close to collapse) and Martin-Baker were never seen as anything more than a nuisance.

The Germans were more forward looking and tolerated these odd projects, if not actually support them, but then... It did dissipate some of their research and production potential on diverse projects. Perhaps Britain was being more sensible? They were certainly being more elitist and partisan about whose ideas were considered worthy