Bristol Brabazon

Author : Graham M. Simons
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752467337
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bristol Brabazon written by Graham M. Simons and published by History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the futuristic Bristol Brabazon using original manufacturer's illustrations and photographs The Brabazon--the name evokes the immediate post-war optimism of civil aviation. The giant airliner was built by Bristol Aircraft in 1949 to fly transatlantic routes from the UK to the United States. However, the plane proved to be a commercial failure when airlines felt that it was too large and expensive to be useful. Large and luxurious, it carried only 60-80 passengers, and had a range of 5,000 miles, a 225 foot wing span, and eight engines buried in the wings. Now, with previously unpublished material and illustrations from the original Bristol Brabazon sales brochure among other sources, the Brabazon's 1930s-style elegance is displayed once again, celebrating its design, construction, and sheer luxury--a fitting outcome for such a paragon of post-war optimism and an aircraft still considered by many to be the foremost in propeller-driven civil aviation.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1160 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844151786
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Wings written by Philip Kaplan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft as the Boeing B-52 long-range heavy bomber and the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' airliner changed the face of aviation in both the military and civil roles. Big Wings is a well-researched, highly informative and sometimes nostalgic look at the sixteen most significant giants of the air. Each chosen aircraft is introduced and its raison d'?tre explained, then follows an in-depth review of the successful and failed technical aspects of the design, its operational history, first-hand accounts from those that had flown the aircraft and finally some startling facts and statistics. The aircraft selected are as follows: Military - Douglas B-19, Boeing B-29, Consolidated B-36, Northrop B-49 and Boeing B-52, Airliners - Bristol Brabazon, Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, Heavy Lifters - Messerschmitt Me323, Consolidated XC-99, Lockheed C5 and Antonov AN-225, Flying Boats - Dornier Do-X, Martin JRM Mars, Hughes HK-1 and Saunders Roe Princess.

Author : Maurice Fells
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445671212
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bristol From the Post and Press written by Maurice Fells and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Bristol, told through the archives of the Evening Post and Western Daily Press.

Author : Philip Jarrett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465401288
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Color Ency of Incredible Airplanes written by Philip Jarrett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retro-styled as the perfect gift for boys of all ages, this ultimate handbook gives a complete rundown of the world's best-loved and significant aircraft, from the first flying machines to today's most technologically advanced planes. Aircraft are presented chronologically, to clearly present technological advances Specification information is presented in easy-to-use, at-a-glance profiles Features over 750 photographs and illustrations

Author : Cynthia Stiles
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445698099
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrating Bristol written by Cynthia Stiles and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of Bristol’s rich heritage, culture and identity – its people, significant events and achievements across the centuries.

Author : James Hamilton-Paterson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571271731
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire of the Clouds written by James Hamilton-Paterson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age? James Hamilton-Paterson captures that season of glory in a compelling book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline - its loss of self confidence and power. It is the story of great and charismatic machines and the men who flew them: heroes such as Bill Waterton, Neville Duke, John Derry and Bill Beaumont who took inconceivable risks, so that we could fly without a second thought.

Author : Ashley Coates
Publisher : Great Spotted Books
ISBN 13 : 1914512057
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Know Bristol: a compendium of 365 Bristolian facts written by Ashley Coates and published by Great Spotted Books. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched in the summer of 2022, this book provides a fascinating and approachable anecdotes about the city and the surrounding area. From Ice Age hyenas to Roman fortresses, Victorian engineering to the Bristol Blitz, Know Bristol packs in a myriad of facts and figures that will change your view of the city forever. It has featured in Bristol 24/7, Bristol Post, Bristol Magazine, BBC Radio Bristol and Bristol Life. It is available in hardback, paperback and Kindle on the Amazon store and in paperback at shops in the city. Waterstones and WHSmith also sell copies online.

Author : Takeshi Sakade
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000512185
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation written by Takeshi Sakade and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sakade challenges the narrative that the focus of British manufacturing went "from Empire to Europe" and argues rather that, following the Second World War, the key relationship was in fact trans-Atlantic. There is a commonly accepted belief that, during the twentieth century, British manufacturing declined irreparably, that Britain lost its industrial hegemony. But this is too simplistic. In fact, in the decades after 1945, Britain staked out a new role for itself as a key participant in a US-led process of globalisation. Far from becoming merely a European player, the UK actually managed to preserve a key share in a global market, and the British defence industry was, to a large extent, successfully rehabilitated. Sakade returns to the original scholarly parameters of the decline controversy, and especially questions around post-war decline in the fields of high technology and the national defence industrial base. Using the case of the strategically critical military and civil aircraft industry, he argues that British industry remained relatively robust. A valuable read for historians of British aviation and more widely of 20th century British Industry.

Author : Tony Gardiner
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1903706882
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brighton National Speed Trials written by Tony Gardiner and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the three decades during which Tony Gardiner was an ordinary spectator at the Brighton National Speed Trials; the previously unpublished images he captured then, together with his colorful recollections, bring back to life the dramatic atmosphere of a day at the races, Brighton-style.