The Flying Skyscraper: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
= Design and development = | = Design and development = | ||
[ See discussion tab]. | [[Talk:The Flying Skyscraper|See discussion tab]]. | ||
== [[:Category:Bristol 167 Brabazon|Bristol 167 Brabazon (first sketches)]] == | == [[:Category:Bristol 167 Brabazon|Bristol 167 Brabazon (first sketches)]] == | ||
Some notes from a participant in the Brabazon Committee meetings. [ See discussion tab (1)]. | Some notes from a participant in the Brabazon Committee meetings. [[Talk:The Flying Skyscraper|See discussion tab (1)]]. | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h19m14s057.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h19m14s057.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h20m47s309.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon artistic view.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h20m47s309.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon artistic view.]] | ||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m32s704.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m32s704.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m28s298.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m28s298.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | ||
[ See discussion tab (2)]. | [[Talk:The Flying Skyscraper|See discussion tab (2)]]. | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m38s028.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h21m38s028.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h22m30s657.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-17h22m30s657.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bristol 167 Brabazon.]] | ||
| Line 73: | Line 73: | ||
= First flight = | = First flight = | ||
== [[:Category:Bristol 167 Brabazon|Bristol 167 Brabazon]] == | == [[:Category:Bristol 167 Brabazon|Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1]] == | ||
Registration G-AGPW. First flight on the 4 September 1949 at Filton Aerodrome. | Registration G-AGPW. First flight on the 4 September 1949 at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations#United Kingdom|Filton Aerodrome (FZO/EGTG)]].<br> | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h17m57s652.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | Same aircraft seen in other movies - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m13s014.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h17m57s652.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m22s819.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m13s014.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m25s808.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m22s819.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m48s964.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m25s808.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h19m42s604.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h18m48s964.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h19m42s604.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.G-AGPW.Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1 of [[:Category:Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aeroplane Company]].]] | |||
= A flight in the Brabazon = | = A flight in the Brabazon = | ||
| Line 119: | Line 120: | ||
== [[:Category: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 204/216]] == | == [[:Category: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 204/216]] == | ||
Production line at BAC Filton factory in the 1970s. [See discussion tab (3)]. | Production line at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations#United Kingdom|BAC Filton factory]] in the 1970s. [[Talk:The Flying Skyscraper|See discussion tab (3)]]. | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h30m57s118.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for [[:Category: British Airways|British Airways]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h30m57s118.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for [[:Category: British Airways|British Airways]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h31m06s520.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for [[:Category: British Airways|British Airways]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2025-02-06-18h31m06s520.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sud Aviation France-BAC Concorde 204/216 planned for [[:Category: British Airways|British Airways]].]] | ||
| Line 127: | Line 128: | ||
{{Footnote}} | {{Footnote}} | ||
= See also = | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhbMZbh_O0&list=PLP0CDQdLe-G1Owj144-AidLqYQvopT0qA The Flying Skyscraper at YouTube] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhbMZbh_O0&list=PLP0CDQdLe-G1Owj144-AidLqYQvopT0qA The Flying Skyscraper at YouTube] | ||
* [https://www.imcdb.org/movie_1004525132-The-Flying-Skyscraper.html The Flying Skyscraper at IMCDb] | * [https://www.imcdb.org/movie_1004525132-The-Flying-Skyscraper.html The Flying Skyscraper at IMCDb] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:23, 10 August 2025
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
Bristol 167 Brabazon (first sketches)
Some notes from a participant in the Brabazon Committee meetings. See discussion tab (1).
Bristol 167 Brabazon (desk model)
Bristol 167 Brabazon
Some comparisons are made as the exceptional size of the plane is highlighted.
Construction of the Mk.I prototype
Bristol 167 Brabazon
Test before final assembly
Bristol 167 Brabazon
Bristol Centaurus radial engines which drove paired contra-rotating propellers.
Preparation of the first flight
Bristol 167 Brabazon
Registration G-AGPW.
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.
A flight in the Brabazon
Bristol 167 Brabazon
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.
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.
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.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 204/216
Production line at BAC Filton factory in the 1970s. See discussion tab (3).
Back To: