{"id":10269,"date":"1939-06-03T11:49:03","date_gmt":"1939-06-03T10:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=10269"},"modified":"2019-12-09T19:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:06:35","slug":"un-pichon-de-cisne-para-el-imperio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/1939\/06\/03\/un-pichon-de-cisne-para-el-imperio\/","title":{"rendered":"Un pich\u00f3n de cisne para el Imperio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10268 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet.jpg\" alt=\"1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet-768x1132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet-695x1024.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tras cuatro meses de <em>phoney war<\/em>, la firma General Aircraft hace publicidad de su producto, un peque\u00f1o avi\u00f3n comercial llamado Cygnet (Pich\u00f3n o polluelo de cisne) lig\u00e1ndolo nada menos que la supervivencia del Imperio brit\u00e1nico (1) y aduciendo sus \u00abinusuales y revolucionarias\u00bb cualidades que le hac\u00edan especialmente adecuado para su empleo en ultramar. La campa\u00f1a continu\u00f3 el a\u00f1o siguiente con el reclamo \u00abComes to the Empire with the Cygnet\u00bb en anuncios representando algunos de sus rincones, como la puerta de la mezquita de\u00a0Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra, en Ajmer, Rajasth\u00e1n, o la Bara Imambara de Lucknow, un enorme complejo religioso chi\u00ed de Lucknow, en Uttar Pradesh, ambos en la India brit\u00e1nica. Este \u00faltimo explica algo m\u00e1s la utilidad pr\u00e1ctica del Cygnet: funcionar como veh\u00edculo de control,\u00a0guiado por \u00abindifferents pilots\u00bb en grandes explotaciones ganaderas en Am\u00e9rica o Australia o plantaciones en el Este de Asia. Con este fin, se publicaron anuncios con paisajes canadienses, australianos o sudafricanos sobrevolados por el Cygnet, \u00abSimple Flying\u00bb. Todo este esfuerzo publicitario no fue recompensado y s\u00f3lo se construyeron una docena de ejemplares de este avi\u00f3n, la mayor\u00eda de los cuales fueron a parar a manos de la RAF.<\/p>\n<h5>(1) \u00ab&#8230; it is of vital importance to the welfare of the Country to-day that we should not lose sight of the need for continuing and furthering our export trade. War involves heavy increases in expenditure&#8230; and we cannot meet these demands merely by borrowing or realising our foreign investments. Trade \u2014 and especially Overseas and Colonial trade \u2014 must go on, We must continue to pay our way by exports . . .\u00bb<\/h5>\n<h5>Our present policy of bringing Simple Flying with the Cygnet to the Empire is not, however, merely one of keeping export trade moving: the Cygnet has many unusual and revolutionary qualities which make it particularly suitable for overseas use.These qualities are described and illustrated in a booklet which we shall be pleased to send on request.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightglobal.com\/pdfarchive\/\">Flight<\/a>, 14 de diciembre de 1939<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[codepeople-post-map cat=\u00bb-1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tras cuatro meses de phoney war, la firma General Aircraft hace publicidad de su producto, un peque\u00f1o avi\u00f3n comercial llamado Cygnet (Pich\u00f3n o polluelo de &hellip; <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[661,3315,572,93],"tags":[],"Asuntos":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1939-12-14-general-aircraft-cygnet.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7HKWx-2FD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2862,"url":"https:\/\/aeropinakes.com\/wordpress\/1958\/01\/13\/el-ultimo-avion-imperial\/","url_meta":{"origin":10269,"position":0},"title":"El \u00faltimo avi\u00f3n del Imperio brit\u00e1nico","date":"1958","format":false,"excerpt":"El VC-10 era un avi\u00f3n muy elegante, pero no era lo que andaban buscando las compa\u00f1\u00edas a\u00e9reas cuando vol\u00f3 por primera vez, en 1962. 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