What's going on with the 100 greatest lists? They have been restricted to only a few items each! My ones havent even made it onto the list as i am sure other peoples havent! For instance the likes of the 737 and Harrier in the greatest aircraft section or Sir Robert Watson-Watt in the greatest person section!

 

 

Hi Victor,

Yes, after taking into the account all the nominations (and after plenty of arguments and debate), a shortlist for all the categories has now been published for you all to vote on.

It has been a very difficult task considering all individual nominations and the variety of choices available, but we had to create a list of 100 for Farnborough and so some have unfortunately been missed off the list.

Either way, we hope it is a competitive list and one that encompasses all that aviation has to offer
 

I can see what you are saying Maverick but i cannot understand why certain entries have made it on but others havent. How can the 737(this isnt one i would choose but i would say alot of people would) not make it on the list yet the Martin M-130 can? If my memory serves me right only 3 were built and they all crashed! Not a good advert for the greatest civilian aircraft list!

Maverick,

I think a note on the site to say how the shortlist was chosen and who made up the list would be a good idea (even if the answer is "A battle was fought by Flight Staff / Category Sponsors / Reed Publishing / People that know stuff").

This is a great exercise and I have the suspicion that there was already some confusion about the "Last 100 Years" criteria that was there at the beginning but less obvious at the end.

 GenE

I'll put something up on my blog to give a bit more detail about the shortlist process.

however for the time being let me say that the entire senior editorial team at Flight spent a lot of time debating which nominations should be included for the voting phase.

As Maverick says - the maximum was 20 in each category adding up to the magic 100. We also tried as far as was sensible to ensure the shortlist was a balanced representation of geographical and chronological achievements.

It was seriously hard making the final cut and all nominations we considered fully.

I understand that everybody has different opinions, but to omit the first powered flight by Orville Wright in 1903 makes a mockery of the 100 greatest moments in Aviation. How can you justify not including this ????.

Nigel,

To clarify the concept of the campaign - it is a celebration of 100 years of Flight. And as such is a search to find the 100 Greatest things (aircraft, events, etc ...) in the last 100 years. i.e. 1909-2009.

As such the first flight in 1903 is not included, but the Wright Brothers are included in the Greatest Person for their contribution to aviation after 1909.