I was in Kingsbury Primary School on that day. All the children were herded out in the playground. I can still remember seeing it fly overhead.

@123rocker0071987

6 күн бұрын

How old were you in 1949?

My father worked on the Brabazon after working on Beaufighters during the war. My grandfather was Site Agent for Laing on the new Filton Brabazon hanger. There was a combined staff trip to Clevedon. My father went and my grandfather took two of his daughters one of whom became my mum. Her sister married another Laing guy and in 1968 he arranged for me to also join Laing as the start to a 54 year career in construction. We had the famous Brabazon picture in our living room for years.

@drew65sep

2 жыл бұрын

Tip of the cap to your father...the world owes a lot to that particular generation.

@jwaustinmunguy

2 жыл бұрын

Dad had pictures of the Beau on the same album page as the Mosquitos he was training on at No. 51 OTU. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the course syllabus had some trips in the Beau as they had some of the older radar sets in them. Training was thorough in those days and he spoke of using several different sets on the course.

@user-od1xf1ig3u

2 жыл бұрын

Вы замечательный человек,если с такой теплотой поведали нам о своих предках !Спасибо!

@bernielomaxsmustache7204

2 жыл бұрын

Built a piece of crap

@alaaino

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the so warm story

It looks as if it's taking off in slow motion. Impressive size.

@stephenbrookes7268

2 жыл бұрын

It kind of was by today's standards.

@RealPlatoishere

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrookes7268 nah but for that time it was impressive

@stephenbrookes7268

Жыл бұрын

@@RealPlatoishere It was a typical horse designed by committee. Out of date before the ink was dry on the drawings.

@calvinnickel9995

Жыл бұрын

@ Steven brooks it wasn’t out of date. The Constellation Starliner would make its first flight 7 years later and only be in service for one year before regular jet service started replacing it. The problem was no market. The British Empire was shrinking and no airlines had the cash or passengers to justify it. Airliners like the huge Stratocruiser lost a lot of money because of how expensive they were to purchase and operate.

@stephenbrookes7268

Жыл бұрын

@@calvinnickel9995 You have literally described the conditions of being out of date. You couldn't even spell my name correctly when it is written down. What other examples of idiocy would you like to display?

Thank god someone did count the rivets

@jeremyfinch2835

Жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder why they didn't count them for the Titanic? Seems a tragedy.

@saurabhkainturaofficial633

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyfinch2835 R

@thecornercomplex5848

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyfinch2835 3,000,000 million rivets in the titanic.

@IExist496

11 ай бұрын

@@thecornercomplex58483 trillion rivets? Lol

@abuyalatip7590

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

I saw the Brabazon overfly Liverpool around 1950 or thereabouts, my father worked at RAF Hooton Park at the time and told me to look out for it, it flew over around midday quite a sight for a young 9/10 yo lad.

@Ashoud_Anobetah

Жыл бұрын

Now that's a cool lie

Pathe always had unique clear crisp footage of the early twentieth century! Class!!!

Built with NOT one computer. A thing of beauty.

@GreatDataVideos

Жыл бұрын

Lots of slide rule usage though. Amazing engineering.

@lovegarbage

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of slide rules.

@brandwilbll

Жыл бұрын

Lots of planes were built without a computer, they sucked. You sound like a luddite. "they don't make cars like they used to, they put all these computers in them." yeah, they're safer, faster, better gas mileage, better handling, better braking; what more do you old timers want? Go fly on a plane back in those days and you were taking your life in your hands. Now it is the safest form of travel. Thank god we put computers in these things to help us fly them.

This is one of those many aircraft that should have been preserved. It would be a sight to see.

I lived in Filton Avenue , Bristol at the time of the engine tests . As a 3 year old I was terrified by the noise of the engine tests . One of my earliest memories .

@joemag6032

2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, which were louder, the engines or the props ?

@davidmicalizio824

2 жыл бұрын

@@joemag6032 props

@joemag6032

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmicalizio824 , thanks for responding.

@dotdashdotdash

2 жыл бұрын

nobody vandalising statues in Bristol in those days

@bincamir1

2 жыл бұрын

@@dotdashdotdash out of topic!

The village of Charleton was demolished to extend the runway for the Brabazon. In the jet age the aircraft was already obsolete and never came into service.

For a second, I thought it was going to stall on take off. So smooth!

@theborg5981

Жыл бұрын

Same. At or just soon after

@nk7155

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. 160 mph is pretty slow for a plane that size.

@startingbark0356

Жыл бұрын

@@nk7155 nah, usually larger aircraft are slower

@nicholai1008

Жыл бұрын

@@startingbark0356 Larger aircraft don’t usually fly slower. They often have to fly faster, because they are heavier and they need to generate more lift. The reason this plane is probably able to takeoff and fly so slow is because it has little payload and is particularly light. A 767 can takeoff at 108kts when it weighs 90,000kgs, but it can only takeoff at 170kts at 190,000kgs. That’s the exact same plane and the only thing that changed was the weight.

@startingbark0356

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholai1008 no, they bigger they have more drag

I saw it flying over the Craigantlet hills near Belfast. I would have been 4 at the time. From our house across the valley from Stormont it was just a line in the sky as it turned towards us, but I could see the nacelles on its wings. That's all the memory I have, just that dark line with the lumps on it, but anything I see or read of it is still thrilling. Long ago now.

For comparison with modern planes, the Brabazon was as long as a Boeing 767 (180ft), but had a much larger wingspan (230ft vs 150).

Living in Bath at the time I was lucky enought to see this big beast on many occasions

It has a Jules Verne look about it. It's the window placements and the streamlined shiny hull. Beautiful.

It reminds me of a "Constellation", a plane I was always excited to see overhead when I was a kid.

@letoubib21

2 жыл бұрын

Good, old Connie didn't even weigh the half of that Brabazon colossus ...

@jrt818

2 жыл бұрын

@@letoubib21 But it was profitable.

@letoubib21

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrt818 I like the Connie, too. She was a very good plane *. . .*

@jfh9209

Жыл бұрын

The Constellation and the Brabazon both had a tapering fuselage, beautiful but more expensive to build.

The propellor sound is, to use a modern phrase, truly awesome and I would think unmistakable. Great film footage.

@katoikatio4663

2 жыл бұрын

Ini kerana is

@funnyrabbitflyer6855

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Counter-rotating props in this video sound distinct from anything ive heard in person.

@dartmaster501

2 жыл бұрын

Turboprops.

@dartmaster501

2 жыл бұрын

@@funnyrabbitflyer6855 CONTRA-rotating. Counter-rotating props are separated, like on the Chinook or Osprey.

@bobsage6312

2 жыл бұрын

I heard that when airborne and the sound terrified me as a very young boy. Totally unmistakable, just as Concorde was later on.

Unfortunately it was out of date before it even flew. Jet propulsion was the future.

@tallthinkev

2 жыл бұрын

It could have made as a transport aircraft, with a few small-ish mods.

@wrightmf

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking with the Brabazon it was too much of a leap forward in aircraft size. Boeing developed airliners but not too big, eventually achieved the 747 when engine technology, the high bypass, and other technologies. But wait Britain did put in service the Comet first commercial jet liner. Unfortunately learned lessons of structural design the tragic way. However, it seems that aircraft like the Brabazon and the Vickers all had embedded engines which limit improving the overall design. 737 and Airbus with engines mounted below wings can accomondate new high bypass engines.

@brettv8

2 жыл бұрын

@@wrightmf Regarding Comet - Round cornered windows vs squared, so obvious in hindsight..

@davidjones332

Жыл бұрын

@@brettv8 Unfortunately the "square window" story is a myth. The error was a late decision not to use bonded windows but to rivet the window frames in. The airframe was not strong enough to cope with having hundreds of holes drilled in it, and that started the cracks that led to an explosive decompression. The Comet 4 had round windows because it had to be seen to be different from the Comet 1.

@crazyleyland5106

Жыл бұрын

I thought the Boeing Stratocruiser was a comparable aircraft, much more successful than the Brab, and that was piston powered.

Love the sound of those contra-props

@TARUNKUMAR-mz4jy

2 жыл бұрын

No NJ

You can see some of the same aesthetics in the Comet. What a lovely design.

@Sashazur

Жыл бұрын

I think this is a more attractive design than the comet- the comet’s square vertical stabilizer didn’t match the rest of its curvy aesthetic.

It doesn't take off, the earth just backs away....

I love the shape of airliners from that era, very similar to the Constellation. Note how Bristol engineers used round windows, but De Havilland screwed up the otherwise much more advanced Comet by using square ones!!! The Comet's first flight was 2 months before the brabazon, but once the windows were fixed, lasted many decades.

Saw a doc on this about 20 years ago. The plane landed so softly the pilots actually had a light on the panel that told them when the wheels touched down. I believe it flew for a few years. Since it was so comparably slow (and took so long to cross the ocean) the interior still followed the concept of a “cruise ship of the skies”, and couldn’t economically compete with faster competing aircraft. Too bad it wasn’t preserved in a museum, as was the Spruce Goose. Sadly out of date before or just after it took off.

@nigelwilliams9307

2 жыл бұрын

What symptoms?

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

JFC... another passive/aggressive KAREN...

@beeble2003

Жыл бұрын

"The plane landed so softly the pilots actually had a light on the panel that told them when the wheels touched down." That doesn't make sense. Any plane lands as hard or as softly as the pilot puts it onto the ground. Many planes have a weight-on-wheels sensor which, for example, prevents deployment of reverse thrust while in flight. Probably the maker of the documentary misunderstood this.

@straightpipediesel

Жыл бұрын

@@beeble2003 No, wing aspect ratio and wing loading are major factors in how smoothly an aircraft lands. Basically when an aircraft has a lot of excess lift available, lift tends to bleed off slower, and the pilot has better trajectory control of the aircraft during the landing maneuver and therefore can land softly.

@tryarunm

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering just that, how practical she would have been for regular commercial air travel. But as a luxury liner she must have been super comfortable. I wonder many for built, which airlines flew her and for how long.

I have a great respect for the engineers who designed these aircrafts without a computer.

@brianletter3545

10 ай бұрын

They used sliderules - cheaper and quicker.

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234

6 ай бұрын

Singular or Plural.. it's Aircraft ! Numpty 🥴

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234

6 ай бұрын

Singular or Plural.. it's Aircraft ! Numpty 🥴

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234

6 ай бұрын

Singular or Plural.. it's Aircraft ! Numpty 🥴

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234

6 ай бұрын

Singular or Plural.. it's Aircraft ! Numpty 🥴

Much respect for building her with hardly the technology that everyone is used to these days!

@sailormanoyster1849

Жыл бұрын

Concorde soon followed on

@kimdiez2681

Жыл бұрын

Technology has ruined this world already and will control your soul one day if you dont put your trust in Christ Jesus.

Sound is reminiscent of the B-36 which had six contrarotating props.

Notice the great care taken by the pilot in demonstrating the airplane well within its limits and never losing sight of the fact that it’s not all about him. It amazes me how any flight organization can allow the kinds of out-of-control personalities to fly air shows, who ultimately cause terrible catastrophes. The way this pilot flies is how it’s done.

@craigpennington1251

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, arrogant egos cause a lot of grief.

@margaretross9150

2 жыл бұрын

"There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots."

@nigelwilliams9307

2 жыл бұрын

He could have at least done a barrel roll.

@Beezlie727

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't an air show. It was a maiden flight. Notice the announcer was even uncertain that it was going to take off rather than simply taxi again.

@Bikewithlove

2 жыл бұрын

@@Beezlie727 - Same rule applies: don’t crash the plane.

Wow the engineers did a fantastic job

@jerrybennett7856

2 жыл бұрын

No computers. Just slide rules and hand drawn blue prints. All those 1.5 million rivets bucked be hand.

@rsc9520

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerrybennett7856 It's amazing!

@kimdiez2681

Жыл бұрын

@@jerrybennett7856 That inpresses me more than this generations cell phones.

@jerrybennett7856

Жыл бұрын

@@kimdiez2681 me too.

My grandmother was in the Red cross at the time the Brabazon was due to appear at a local air show. She and a considerable number of other medical personal were held on standby at a nearby location in readiness for what was considered a possible disaster situation in the event of the aircraft failing in flight. I believe we have her notes on the deployment in her Red Cross log book.

@manoelwanderleyguimaraes9747

2 жыл бұрын

Wheres is your grandmother in the moment dear ??

@missiontent111

2 жыл бұрын

@@manoelwanderleyguimaraes9747 Sorry to report that she is no longer with us......but I clearly remember her talking about the Brabazon.

@manoelwanderleyguimaraes9747

2 жыл бұрын

@@missiontent111 Okay mate.

@SMGJohn

2 жыл бұрын

@@manoelwanderleyguimaraes9747 You sound offended LOL

@themechbuilder6171

Жыл бұрын

@@SMGJohn i can't hear him

A "sleek beast"! Love the sound of those engines

This plane had maximum take off weight of 131 tons, whereas Boeing 747 had 300 tons when she made her maiden flight in 1969. Bristol Brabazon was very much a plane of the early 40s, and came too late to do anything, the age of jet was coming, to put things into perspective, Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 from 1952 had almost 200 ton capable take off weight, and was a turbo prop design as well, Bristol Brabazon never stood a chance.

@JS-fe8sx

Жыл бұрын

The B36 went into service a year before this video had a loaded weight of over 200 tons, but was superseded by the B52. Lightly loaded, it could fly high enough that MiGs could not reach them during the Korean War.

@NicolaW72

Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@encinobalboa

7 ай бұрын

Brabazon was obsolete before she was built. Lockheed Constellation was already in airline service for fours years. Surely, the committee could see this??

That nose gear took a pounding.

Stunning and amazing aircraft. Great history here.

Thanks for the video!

Inventions at its best. Engineers did great at that time. All need to appreciate that.

Squadron Leader Jim Murray RNZAF flew the Brabazon once on Aug 25 1951 with W Gibb, R Ellison amd J Howman. Filton -Belfast return 4.50hrs. Jim was at Filton test flying the new Bristol Freighters for the RNZAF and had the amazing opportunity to fly the largest aircraft in the world. Jim was a 43 op Bomber Command veteran taking part in the Tirpitz raids in Norway in 1942, the 1000 bomber raids and many ops to Tobruk and Al Alamein flying Halifaxes for 10 Sqn.

Teknologi yang canggih pada masa itu. Suara teriakan anak-anak penuh kegembiraan ketika menyaksikan atraksi pesawat terbang.

That's absolutely amazing that that Behemoth got off the ground in a little over 1500 ft! Runways today are over a mile long, This Plane would have had no problem! A little before my time though. That's a great pilot in that plane. Getting up is one thing getting safely down is another!!

It makes me sad that so many of these great planes became obsolete just as they test flew the prototype.

@austindarrenor

2 жыл бұрын

The British had at one time ruled the seas but suffered so many setbacks in aviation. Like this Barbazon, only one was built because nobody wanted it. The Comet, Concorde, VC-10 and Trident were commercial failures because of the competition from Boeing and Douglas (besides the Concorde, Boeing was smart and bailed from its SST pgm). Not a single country in Western Europe aside from the UK bought the British made jets but instead went with the American.

@peterpiper482

2 жыл бұрын

The Spruce Goose also!

@scottdowney4318

2 жыл бұрын

@@austindarrenor You know there must have been good reasons for that. fuel use, size, costs, the same things that people make decisions about today, perhaps politics, government and private.

@scottdowney4318

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterpiper482 Imagine the spikiness of that guy, likely a big turn off.

@austindarrenor

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottdowney4318 True enough. And the 707 was just an incredibly well made airplane put thru every test under the sun. Also I believe that the demands put on Vickers and Hawker Siddely by BOAC and BEA made their jets unattractive to foreign airlines. And the fast American built Convair Coronado suffered its terrible demise for its fuel consumption just to get there ten minutes earlier.

What a sight that must have been 😳

Beautiful bird, beautiful take-off, beautiful landing.

@Jordanj72608

8 ай бұрын

And one beautiful sound!

Interesting looking plane I knew nothing about. Thank you.

School kids sitting on a roof enjoying the event, can you imagine the headlines today . Near tragedy , as children put the lives at risk at air display , parents arrested for neglect.

This was a beautiful piece of art.

Great footage. Nice view of the past.

A British spruce goose, one only but this thing actually flew

@Sashazur

Жыл бұрын

The spruce goose flew too, but only once!

Some of the comments on here absolutely begged belief? The Brabazon had eight engines, one for each of its four contra rotating props, it was not in any way stalling as it flew, 160kts is pretty much flat out for an aircraft of that time, it’s failure was due to the fact that in 1949 jets had been flying for 6 years, this aircraft was abandoned for that reason and although it took a few more years before jet passenger aircraft flew, the Bristol company’s next attempt was the Britannia, a turbo prop aircraft that was ahead of its time for about 10 days before everything without jets were obsolete. That was the pace of progress at that time, 1949 piston engine aircraft that could nearly make London New York, 1969 Concorde M2.00 at 65,000’

@kukmica6422

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

And then they made the SR-71 15 years later

First amazing airplane🤩

Wow, never knew about wonderful aircraft

That fuselage is very reminiscent of the Lockheed Constellation’s fuselage.

Watching this video wow what a feeling 🥰

I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this aircraft, and I thought I knew them all. What a Goliath and the sounds of the engines! Amazing.

@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@georgebarnes8163

2 жыл бұрын

there was no mention of the aircrafts unusual engine setup, 8 engines for 4 props, another forgotten giant is the Short Belfast turboprop of which only 10 were made for the RAF.

@peteryoungs4201

2 жыл бұрын

I have to wonder how many aircraft we may never hear of.

@S500-

2 жыл бұрын

Its A Psycholigical fact , if a Person Think He Know All Infact They Know Nothing , Im Criticise Anyone , i Read This.

@Fastvoice

Жыл бұрын

@@georgebarnes8163 No, it had 8 props. 4 clockwise, 4 counter-clockwise - each with its own engine. You can see them at the beginning of the video.

Beyond under powered...

Great video, what a huge plane!

Bravo for Efforts of scientists and technology revolution.

To have such technology in 1949, was genius.

@jensahlers

2 жыл бұрын

Stimmt.

@sirmalus5153

2 жыл бұрын

A bit old fashioned though by that time and a dead end.

@johnmunro4952

2 жыл бұрын

She was obsolete before she even flew. Technology was moving at an incredible pace in those days.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

@@sirmalus5153 Thanks KAREN...

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmunro4952 Thanks KAREN...

I'd forgotten about this one...badass aircraft. Although this audio sounds like a V-1 "Buzz Bomb."

Amazingly amazing!!

Marvellous

Damn that thing is LOUD ! Contra-rotating props make a lot of noise !

My Gawd!! Wort will these megnificent men end their flying machines do next!?

How does it fly when it looks like it's going 20 miles an hour??

simply Magnificent!

Truly awesome plane which is way ahead of its time. A flying luxury cruise ship. .

@borusa32

Жыл бұрын

I think it was more likely significantly out of date by the time it took to the air. If it was intended to steal passengers from cruise ships that bird had already flown and flown again by 1949.

@xkgbciax5286

Жыл бұрын

well it was when it was thought of but b4 it was a prototype it was all ready too old and anyone can see it was way underpowered just from the rollout and take off and on top of that as it was test flight so im guessing the fuel would have very lite load and only a few on board no bags

this guy knew how to land an plane.. ! // climb out did scare me quite a bit // don't even think about a take-off in hhh-conditions !!

The Brabazon was using a 4-engine, 3-blade 'contra-rotating propeller' which though noisy, enhanced air intake, produced more power but with fuel efficiency. The US and British aircraft engineers never mastered the problems with the rotary shaft systems. The Russians however overcame that with 4-blades and produced the legendary Tupolev TU-95 'Bear', a huge, long range, swept-back wings, turboprop strategic bomber aircraft in 1952. It is still being used (after many upgrades) by the Russian Air Force even after 70 years !

@gingernutpreacher

2 жыл бұрын

Eight engine's look it up if you don't believe me

@rayjames6096

2 жыл бұрын

The US never tried to produce a counter rotating prop engine for airline use so there was no reason to master the engine.

@cnfuzz

Жыл бұрын

The Russians had captured German engineers for the contraprop engines dev ,without them the tu95 would not have flown

@johneyton5452

Жыл бұрын

The tu95 geared hunbs are so noisy they can be detected by submarines.

@frankd7905

Жыл бұрын

Clearly there were 8 engines as could be seen by the start up of a set of engines and the 8 air intakes per wing. Don't really have to look things up just have to observe. Sad that the aircraft was not saved. Lots of man hours painstakingly spent in producing it. Sad when it was destroyed. Much the same as the Avro Arrow in Canada. Easier to tear something apart than to put it together.

A excellent job of handling something that was in full stall. As stated it should have been doing 250 , at 160 it's amazing how in the video you can see him correcting with the stall condition he could feel... Applause!!

Fantastic airplane!

@tomsharpe2251

2 жыл бұрын

Aeroplane*

@Erkele

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsharpe2251 Lentokone

@davidsimpson9647

2 жыл бұрын

Dreadful piece of garbage!! Underperforming,underpowered,sloppy construction

@tomsharpe2251

2 жыл бұрын

@@Erkele karl pilkington

@mattpaulson1044

Жыл бұрын

Only made a few flights before structural cracks manifested in wings. Hardy a great plane

It was a time when we were proud to be British. Of course I still am.

wonderfully menacing haunting sound the prop engines make - beautiful!

@admiralbenbow5083

11 ай бұрын

The dawn of the jet age, British style.

Today is the first time I’ve ever heard of the Brabazon. The only thing I know about it is what I listened to in this video. Nevertheless I have three comments about the Barbazon: 1. It should have been built with jet engines and not reciprocating engines. 2. I’m guessing here, but with its power to weight ratio I’ll bet it was extremely under powered. 3. It was a very sleek and beautiful aircraft. For that the designers should take a big bow.

@saveyourbacon6164

Жыл бұрын

To be successful, the Brabazon needed to be able to pack in passengers, not like the cattle class of today, but sufficient to achieve satisfactory costs per seat mile, and to have the range to enable it to operate on long-distance sectors, and performance to enable it to achieve satisfactory turnarounds. It is doubtful if the jet engines of the time could have helped, as they had a voracious appetite for fuel.

@NicolaW72

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was totally underpowered and that was a major reason for its failure. So the Lockheed Super Constellation became the "Queen of the Skies" of the 1950ies.

@olsmokey

Жыл бұрын

@@NicolaW72 Then the Comet came along to be "Queen of the Skies" until it kept falling out of those very same skies. Oh well...

@NicolaW72

Жыл бұрын

@@olsmokey The Comet was therefore never the "Queen of the Skies".

After its second flight, they found structural cracks that meant the wings would gave dropped off if she went up again; the whole project had to be scrapped.

How proud they all might have been then

Wonderful ☺️

Wingspan of Waterloo Bridge? Holy cow.

@kostephan9442

Жыл бұрын

Either Waterloo bridge is smaller than I thought or that’s got to be a slight exaggeration…I mean that’s huge 😢

It´s crazy how slow the takeoff speed looks like.

Now if they put Ghost jets in it it would have definitely been a game changer in commercial aviation.

Why have I never heard of this magisterial plane? 🇺🇸💛🇬🇧

@fattymcfatso1083

Жыл бұрын

Because it never flew commercially

Looked under powered. ROC after take off low, nose pitched down soon after take off to gain airspeed it seems. Remember, this was an unloaded aircraft.

@DoubleMonoLR

Жыл бұрын

Remember, it was it's first test flight.

That is one good looking plane! 👀👍🏻🇺🇲

Awesome super engineering

No doubts, a Big Monster !!!

Nice👏

Ahh, Brabazon! Never heard of it before.

What a sight that must have been. To actually be there and see it.

I used to go to patchway school for a few years. Is it me or does Filton airfield look alot greener than I remember given that I know it's 1949 and not 1989!

With those engines was an amazing flyer

@allanwestcott3775

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

My father was born in that year. God those planes were slow :D

the great british empire. modernised the whole world.

Slide rule and brains what a fine aircraft should have been a game changer ! Great UK avation history cheers ! Retired us a&p mechanic.

@fattymcfatso1083

Жыл бұрын

'ave a pint, boys - great job

That is a beautiful plane

This lemon was obsolete before it even left the ground.

What a monster of an aeroplane

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Whilst at School Camp at Ogmore By Sea...1949..Brabazon did a flypast...HEADING TOWARDS Bristol...A giant in the sky...

The tail section reminds me of the fictional doomed “Reindeer” airliner in the Jimmy Stewart classic film “No Highway In The Sky.”

So smooth

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Great Britain. I love you so much.