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  1. Bristol Brabazon - Wikipedia

    The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller -driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the …

  2. Britain's Piston Engined Transatlantic Hope: The Story Of The Bristol ...

    Aug 7, 2024 · The Britian's Bristol Brabazon was an ambitious and luxurious aircraft designed to compete with ocean liners. It fell short in the jet age when faster jets like the Comet emerged, …

  3. The Tragic Brilliance Of The Bristol 167 Brabazon

    Nov 6, 2025 · Discover the tragic story of the Bristol 167 Brabazon, Britain’s ambitious post-WWII airliner that never took off—engineering brilliance meets heartbreaking failure.

  4. Bristol Brabazon - HistoryNet

    Mar 9, 2017 · Eventually built and flown, and named after the chairman of the committee that conceived it, the Bristol Brabazon remains the largest airplane ever built in Britain. It also …

  5. The Bristol Brabazon: Britain’s Giant That Never Took Flight

    Nov 4, 2024 · When the Bristol Brabazon first rolled out onto the runway at Filton Aerodrome in 1949, it was nothing short of a spectacle. This was the largest and most ambitious aircraft …

  6. Bristol Brabazon: Britain's biggest aircraft flop - Key.Aero

    Longer than an Olympic swimming pool, and nearly three times wider from wingtip to wingtip, the Bristol Brabazon was the landplane colossus of its day.

  7. Brabazon75 - Aerospace Bristol

    The Bristol Brabazon was an ambitious project, aiming to offer passengers greater luxury than any other modern aircraft. Featuring on-board cinemas, cocktail bars, lavish lounges, and …

  8. Bristol Brabazon Mk.I | This Day in Aviation

    4 September 1949: At 11:30 a.m., Sunday morning, the prototype Bristol Brabazon Mk.I, G-AGPW, made its first flight at Filton Aerodrome. Chief Test Pilot Arthur J. “Bill” Pegg was in …

  9. The Plane That Flew Too Soon • Damn Interesting

    Feb 1, 2008 · To the throaty roar of eight powerful Centaurus piston engines, and the delight of the crowd, the Bristol Brabazon – the largest and most advanced airliner of its day– sped …

  10. Bristol Brabazon: Epic Tale of Britain’s Transatlantic Aviation Dream

    Jun 19, 2023 · One of these intermediate stage aircraft was Bristol Type 167 Brabazon, an ambitiously designed transatlantic airliner far outsizing most of its contemporaries.