But this country used to make ground breaking designs pretty much all by itself. We didn't need to build parts for foreign aircraft, we built designs that were the envy of the world ourselves. Not long ago we were a major cog in building the first Supersonic airliner, oft recognised as one of the most graceful and superb aircraft ever, now that's something to be proud of being British for.
I'm afraid you're living in the past. Those days are long gone. Aircraft manufacture is a global business now. For various reasons one company can no longer develop & produce a new aircraft on its own, even a huge corporation like Boeing. A lot of parts for the new 787 will be built by the same companies that supply Airbus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787#Production
Of course I'm in the past, nigh on everything that was great about this countries industry is in the past now, doesn't mean I'm going to swll my chest to the A380. What doesn't help it's case for me, is that it's characterless, it's silent and designed with no thought for aesthetics whatsoever, it's a typical airliner basically. As i say though, this is my opinion alone.
