Bristol Brabazon Bristol Aeroplane Company G-AGPW
- Manufacturer:
- Bristol
- Type / Model:
- Brabazon
- Registration:
- G-AGPW
- Colour Scheme:
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Location:
- Bristol - Filton, United Kingdom
- Photographer:
- ATI Collection
- Date Taken:
- 01/01/1951
- Image ID:
- #73500
- High-Res Photo Dimensions (Pixels):
- 3500 x 2334
- Image Description:
- A very rare colour picture of the Bristol Brabazon airliner
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Aircraft Data
The Bristol Brabazon was designed to fly from London to New York non-stop with 100 passengers in a spacious cabin. It was the first aircraft with 100% powered flying controls, electric engine controls, high-pressure hydraulics and AC electrics.
Passengers would not spend 12 hours flying across the Atlantic in a Brabazon when they could do it in 7 hours in a fast jet engined aircraft. In 1953 with no orders and after less than 400 hours flying time the prototype aircraft G-AGPW was broken up.
Country of Origin | First Flight | No. Built | No. In Service | Crew | Passengers |
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United Kingdom | 1949 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 - 0 |
Power
eight paired counter-rotating propellers on four forward-facing nacelles
Engine Count | 8 | |
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Dimensions
Length | 53.95 m. 177 ft. 0 in. |
Wing Span | 70.1 m. 230 ft. 0 in. |
Height | 15.24 m. 50 ft. 0 in. |
Empty Weight | 65875 kg. 145100 lbs. |
Max Weight | 131660 kg. 290000 lbs. |
Performance
Max Speed | 483 kph 300 mph |
Cruise Speed | 402 kph 250 mph |
Ceiling | 7620 m. 25000 ft. |
Normal Range | 8334 4500 nm km. |
Max Range | 8890 4800 nm km. |
Display data using: Metric Imperial
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