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FLIGHT, 2Qj>eptembet 1949 iliii The never-to-be-forgotten moment when, after a period of the most commendable effort on the part of the Bristol Company and others associated with the Brabazon project, the great machine was presented at the S.B.A.C. Display, Farnborough on September 8th. BRABAZON BULLETIN Latest News from Filton. : A Salute to Suppliers A FTER the first flight on September 4th, which was of /% 25 minutes' duration and was described in Flight of September 8th, the Brabazon I flew for 7.\ hours on September 7th and for a further 1 hr 35 min on Sep- tember 8th, when Mr. Pegg presented her at the S.B.A.C. Display. During the week ended September 17th she emerged once more from the Filton assembly hall, wherein adjustments and checks had been under way, for an engine run ; another run is scheduled before the next series of flights. Mr. Pegg's pronouncement on the maiden flight—"a very comfortable ride"—is enthusiastically endorsed by members of the crew, who remark especially on the excep- tional smoothness. Vibration points have to be diligently sought for, and a threepenny-piece will remain on edge anywhere in the fuselage. One flight-observer confessed that, emotionally, he was more affected by newsreel shots of the first flight than by his actual participation. Never has such a quantity of " gadgetry " been concentrated in a single aircraft. Much of this is described, or at least referred to, in the special photogravure supple- ment which occupies the succeed- ing pages ; but, patently, even this lavish apportionment of space does not allow anything approaching complete coverage of the myriad details involved. The most cursory mentions under the heading "Suppliers" on p. 432 may denote entirely novel and highly ingenious items. Every contributor to the design and construction of the Mr. Hubert M. Brookes, a Birmingham modeller, with the l/120-scale Brabazon II and 1910 Bristol Box Kite which he built for the makers of both these famous— and contrasting—air- craft. He spent over 1,000 hours on the miniature " Brab.", which is composed of 245 separate parts.
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