The Largest Aircraft Ever Built By Britain: The Bristol Brabazon
With a wingspan greater than a Boeing 747, The Bristol Brabazon was the largest aircraft ever built by Britain. More a flying oceanliner than plane, it featured sleeping cabins, a dining room, a cocktail bar and lounge, and even a 23 seat movie theater.
The Brabazon was also fitted with cutting edge innovations. A fully pressurized, air conditioned cabin. Electric engine controls, and high-pressure hydraulics to operate its massive control surfaces. It’s enormous wing housed more than 16 thousand gallons of fuel, and eight of the most powerful piston engines available. While the first Brabazon used piston engines, later Brabazon were to use turboprop engines that were being developed by Bristol.
The Bristol Brabazon would have true transatlantic capability. Able to fly non-stop from London to New York against prevailing eastern winds. In the 1940’s, this would have been quite the feat. Transatlantic flights were almost always done in stages to allow for refueling.
Despite introducing new innovations, many of which influenced the future of aviation, the Brabazon’s driving philosophy was outdated. The Brabazon’s mission was to compete with ocean liners for ultra-wealthy passengers. But this lumbering, super-sized airliner would have been introduced with airlines for 1950’s, right around when the first jet airliners, like the De Havilland Comet, were taking to the skies. Aircraft like the Dash 80, which would become the 707, were also just around the corner, and would bring a transatlantic crossing down to as little as 7 hours.
After a massive design and development effort, Britain found itself stuck with a plane nobody actually wanted, designed for an era that no longer existed.The program was cancelled and the Brabazon, and half finished turboprop successor were sold for their weight in scrap. #BristolBrabazon #BritishAviation #WhiteElephant #Airplanes
For an authoritative resource on the Bristol Brabazon visit:
http://www.historynet.com/bristol-brabazon.htm
Special thanks to niltondc for helping to model the Bristol Brabazon:
https://www.youtube.com/user/niltondc
Like the the aviation industry posters found in this video? Visit The Aviation Ancestry Database, containing over 80,000 high-quality examples: http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/
Special thanks to Nick Arehart for helping clean up our audio:
https://twitter.com/airhrt_
Special thanks to: Coby Tang, Christian Altenhofen and Razvan Caliman for supporting us on Patreon and helping Mustard grow: https://www.patreon.com/MustardChannel
Music (reproduced under license):
Intro & Extro: "Wells Street" - https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/73058228/wells-street-big-band-nostalgic-oldies-upbeat-happy.html
Main Song #1: "Worrying Clock Cycle" - https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/76728540/worrying-clock-cycle.html
Main Song #2: "The Funk Kit" - https://audiojungle.net/item/the-funk-kit/21102664?s_rank=41
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The Brabazon was also fitted with cutting edge innovations. A fully pressurized, air conditioned cabin. Electric engine controls, and high-pressure hydraulics to operate its massive control surfaces. It’s enormous wing housed more than 16 thousand gallons of fuel, and eight of the most powerful piston engines available. While the first Brabazon used piston engines, later Brabazon were to use turboprop engines that were being developed by Bristol.
The Bristol Brabazon would have true transatlantic capability. Able to fly non-stop from London to New York against prevailing eastern winds. In the 1940’s, this would have been quite the feat. Transatlantic flights were almost always done in stages to allow for refueling.
Despite introducing new innovations, many of which influenced the future of aviation, the Brabazon’s driving philosophy was outdated. The Brabazon’s mission was to compete with ocean liners for ultra-wealthy passengers. But this lumbering, super-sized airliner would have been introduced with airlines for 1950’s, right around when the first jet airliners, like the De Havilland Comet, were taking to the skies. Aircraft like the Dash 80, which would become the 707, were also just around the corner, and would bring a transatlantic crossing down to as little as 7 hours.
After a massive design and development effort, Britain found itself stuck with a plane nobody actually wanted, designed for an era that no longer existed.The program was cancelled and the Brabazon, and half finished turboprop successor were sold for their weight in scrap. #BristolBrabazon #BritishAviation #WhiteElephant #Airplanes
For an authoritative resource on the Bristol Brabazon visit:
http://www.historynet.com/bristol-brabazon.htm
Special thanks to niltondc for helping to model the Bristol Brabazon:
https://www.youtube.com/user/niltondc
Like the the aviation industry posters found in this video? Visit The Aviation Ancestry Database, containing over 80,000 high-quality examples: http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/
Special thanks to Nick Arehart for helping clean up our audio:
https://twitter.com/airhrt_
Special thanks to: Coby Tang, Christian Altenhofen and Razvan Caliman for supporting us on Patreon and helping Mustard grow: https://www.patreon.com/MustardChannel
Music (reproduced under license):
Intro & Extro: "Wells Street" - https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/73058228/wells-street-big-band-nostalgic-oldies-upbeat-happy.html
Main Song #1: "Worrying Clock Cycle" - https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/76728540/worrying-clock-cycle.html
Main Song #2: "The Funk Kit" - https://audiojungle.net/item/the-funk-kit/21102664?s_rank=41
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