The Flying Skyscraper

The Flying Skyscraper screen title.

Movie (1987)

Starring:
Derek Robinson (Commentary)
David Saunders (Photography)
Ed Johnson/Peter Hicks (Sound)
Lisa Rowlands(Production Assistant)
Tony Lloyd-Jones (Picture Editor)
Robert Inger (Director)
Jim McDougall (Producer)

Documentary about the design and production and ultimate demise of the Brabazon airliner.

Design and development

See discussion tab.

Bristol 167 Brabazon (first sketches)

Some notes from a participant in the Brabazon Committee meetings. See discussion tab (1).

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon artistic view.

Bristol 167 Brabazon cockpit section.

Bristol 167 Brabazon passenger 1st class section.

Bristol 167 Brabazon Passenger section.

Bristol 167 Brabazon tail section.

Bristol 167 Brabazon (desk model)

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

See discussion tab (2).

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon

Some comparisons are made as the exceptional size of the plane is highlighted.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Construction of the Mk.I prototype

Bristol 167 Brabazon

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Test before final assembly

Bristol 167 Brabazon

Bristol Centaurus radial engines which drove paired contra-rotating propellers.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Preparation of the first flight

Bristol 167 Brabazon

Registration G-AGPW.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

Bristol 167 Brabazon.

First flight

Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1

Registration G-AGPW. First flight on the 4 September 1949 at Filton Aerodrome (FZO/EGTG).
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

A flight in the Brabazon

Bristol 167 Brabazon

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Scrapped

Bristol 167 Brabazon

By 1952, about £3.4 million had been spent on development and there were no signs of purchase by any airline. In March, the British government announced that work on the second prototype had been postponed. The cancellation of the project was announced by the Minister of Supply (Duncan Sandys) on 17 July 1953 in the Commons, saying the programme had given all the useful technical knowledge it could but without any firm interest from either civil or military users, there was no justification for continuing to spend money on the Brabazon.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of Bristol Aeroplane Company.

The heirs of the Brabazon research program

Bristol 175 Britannia 312F

Registration XX367, c/n 13421 of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment - Boscombe Down. Under British government and RAF command.
First flight in April 1958, registered G-AOVM, delivered to B.O.A.C in June 1958.Sold to British Eagle International Airlines in 1964. Converted to 312F on 1967. Sold to Air Spain in November 1971, registered EC-BSY. Bought in April 1972 by A&AEE-RAF(Red tail scheme) named Team Spirit as XX367. Sold to Business Cash Flow Aviation (BCF) in March 1984, registered 9Q-CHY. Wfu at N'djili International, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (FZAA/FIH) in 1991. Broken up in June 1994.

Reg.XX367 Bristol 175 Britannia 312F Team Spirit of the A&AEE Boscome Down/RAF.

Reg.XX367 Bristol 175 Britannia 312F Team Spirit of the A&AEE Boscome Down/RAF.

Reg.XX367 Bristol 175 Britannia 312F Team Spirit of the A&AEE Boscome Down/RAF.

Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002

Registration G-BSST, c/n 002. First flight on April 9th of April 1969.Last flight March 4th of 1976 as British Aerospace owner. On display at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Somerset UK since August 20th of 1975.

Reg.G-BSST Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002.

Reg.G-BSST Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002.

Reg.G-BSST Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002.

Reg.G-BSST Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002.

Reg.G-BSST Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 002.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 204/216

Production line at BAC Filton factory in the 1970s. See discussion tab (3).

Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for British Airways.

Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for British Airways.

Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for British Airways.

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See also

• The Flying Skyscraper at YouTube
• The Flying Skyscraper at IMCDb

Category: British Airways