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Bristol Britannia Flight Deck

Bristol Britannia Flight Deck
Copyright: Andrew Shepherd

Nicknamed the 'Whispering Giant', the Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a medium/long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly a number of air routes across the British Empire. Soon after entering production the engines proved unusually susceptible to icing, and two prototypes were lost while solutions to the problems were found. By the time it was cleared through testing the US-built jet airliners were about to enter service, and only eighty-five Britannias were built before production ended in 1960. Nevertheless the Britannia is often considered the high point in turboprop airliner design.

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 Andy Rodker
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Interesting. The flight panel bears similarities with the dashboard of my old Alfa Romeo 164. Even after I had had it for a while, I didn't know what over half the buttons, levers and dials actually did!I
5 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Andy Rodker club
I once spent nearly three days getting to Singapore in one of these. The undercarriage was damaged in a heavy landing in Cyprus so we had to wait for repairs. I wonder if our pilot knew what all the dials etc, were for;-))

All the best, Doug
5 years ago.

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