No Shorts aircraft in Belfast

From Janes Fighting Aircraft of World War II

In June 1936 Short Bros Ltd in collaboration with Harland and Wolf Ltd formed a new company known as Short and Harland Ltd to build aircraft in Belfast.


If Shorts had joined up with another company not in Northern Ireland, what effect would that have on British aircraft procurement?
 

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The effect on aircraft procurement likely won't be significant - there are plenty of other manufacturers who could potentially work with Shorts - but the effect on the Northern Irish economy would be. Shorts was a major employer during the war, and even today Bombardier is still NI's largest manufacturing employer, which is why the success of the CSeries was so important here.
 
Short Bros had a very major role in diversifying the NI economy away from textile manufacturing and shipbuilding. No significant differences to UK procurement 1936-1950 but no comparable efforts to keep Shorts open thereafter as NI's only aircraft manufacturer. So probably they don't get to license build some of the UK's Canberra fleet. And no Skyvan, 330 or 360. These are all ultimately derived from the Miles Skytruck which Shorts took over when Miles (who had relocated to Newtownards) went bankrupt in 1949. No Shorts in Belfast, possibly Stormont might nationalise Miles and keep it going?
 
The ideal situation would be if it lead the RAF to order 40 of these big boys.

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