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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 0430.PDF
-262 FLIGHT MARCH 27TH, 1947 r Under-floor detail showing tubular strut support, and doubled strap joint for longerons. Structure of the con ol cabin follows basic fuselage lines,although the floor is reinforced and a hefty sill member runs beneath the windscreen. THE BRABAZON I. Structural Aspeots of the Bristol 167 : Essential Simplicity Without Heterodoxy ROUND about the end of 1941 it was envisaged bythose conducting our struggling efforts that if thiscountry were successfully invaded, our prosecution of the war might have to be continued from afar; fromCanada, for example. If such an eventuality ever occurred, aircraft capable of carrying bombs over vast distanceswould be required. Visualizing this as something which could happen, theAir Staff requested our leading aircraft manufacturers to Detail of Vee-blendingof stringers in fuselage. The right-hand frame inthe sketch is shown to pick up the stiap of askin-plating butt-joint. prepare design studies for a bomber capable of carrying30 to 40 tons of bombs for 3,500 miles. There was, at this time, no suggestion that any such aircraft should be built;it was purely a design study. The Bristol contribution was submitted during the slimmer of 1942. Towards the end of that year, when the Ministry ofAircraft Production were making preliminary investigations of suitable types to fulfil the initial requirements of theBrabazon Committee's category I (i.e., London-New York Typical window structure, showing channel section stringer/longer- ons which bound the opening top and bottom. Fuselage structure at a doorway, showing reinforced floor, longeron over opening, and stringer terminations. V
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