Bristol Brabazon

Bristol

About

One was built. Eight engines driving four pairs of contra-rotating propellers, a fuselage as wide as a 767's, and a cabin laid out for a hundred people in ocean-liner comfort — a design for a market that had already stopped existing. No type certificate for it is reachable — the FAA's regulatory system is closed to us and EASA never held the type — so this entry carries its history but none of the certified weights the rest of the library is built on.

Engine Specifications

Engine Count

8×

Production & History

Total Produced

1

Production Status

Retired

First Flight

September 4, 1949

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