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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1440.PDF
SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1948 achiev BRISTOL The Farnborough picture of " Bristol" progress is, of necessity, incomplete. A small model of Type 167 is the only indication of other "Bristol" projects which dominate the British aviation scene this year. The Brabazon 1 air-liner, the vast new assembly hall which houses it, and the 2,750 yard runway from which it will first fly ... these are " Bristol" projects of importance in their probable influence on aeronautical trends of the future. Aviation needs of the present also keep " Bristol" busy . . . building practical aircraft for practical uses . . . building new engines and turbines of ever-increasing power and reliability and, above all, initiating and developing new principles of engine and aircraft design and construction in accordance with the high standards which have made the name " Bristol" famous in aviation for nearly forty years. AEROPLANE COMPANY LIMITED ENGL, A
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