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    The Bristol Type 175 Britannia is a retired British medium-to-long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to meet British civilian...
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    rear turn indicators and brake lights. The Bristol Britannia was the standard version, whilst the Bristol Brigand had a Rotomaster turbocharger added...
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  • world's largest holiday airline. Britannia's main bases were at London Gatwick, London Stansted, London Luton, Cardiff, Bristol, East Midlands, Birmingham,...
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    propeller, this engine was classified as a free-turbine. It powered the Bristol Britannia airliner, small naval patrol craft, hovercraft and electrical generating...
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    company include the 'Boxkite', the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog, the Blenheim, the Beaufighter, and the Britannia, and much of the preliminary work which...
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  • Britannia, a German football team, renamed Berliner SV 1892 Bristol Britannia, an airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company from 1952 Britannia...
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    was a Canadian turboprop airliner and cargo aircraft based on the Bristol Britannia that was developed and produced by Canadair in the late 1950s and...
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    Britannia (/brɪˈtæniə/) is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used by the...
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    Bermuda and the Azores, the route was flown with Bristol Britannia 318s. Cubana later sold one of its Britannias to Czechoslovak Airlines (CSA) so that this...
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  • Aeronaves de México (Aeroméxico) included Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-6, and Bristol Britannia aircraft. Starting in 1961, "Aeronaves" began replacing its piston-engined...
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  • Beaufighter, Blenheim, Britannia and Brigand. In February 1997, Crook, then aged 77, sold a fifty per cent holding in Bristol Cars to Toby Silverton,...
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    The Nicosia Britannia disaster was the death of 126 passengers and crew on a Bristol Britannia of the Swiss airline Globe Air when it flew into the ground...
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    engine, designated E58, as that used in the Bristol 603 and later in its successor, the Bristol Britannia. The 1977 second series cars incorporated front...
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    G-AOVD was a Bristol Britannia 312 operated by BOAC which crashed near Christchurch, Dorset, in the south of England on Christmas Eve 1958, killing two...
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    (including a Bristol Britannia). The aerospace industry remains a major sector of the local economy. Major aerospace companies in Bristol include BAE Systems...
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  • leased from Air Holdings. On 13 December, Bristol Britannia G-AOVT was leased from Monarch Airlines. Britannia G-AOVT came off lease on 10 March 1975, and...
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    encouraged the use of as many components and systems from the existing Bristol Britannia transport aircraft as would be reasonably possible, a measure that...
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    Flight International. 23 Oct 1975. Greg Goebel (1 Aug 2018). "The Bristol Britannia & Vickers Viscount". AirVectors. "Commercial aircraft of the world"...
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    Yorks. Avro Lincoln Avro York Avro 748 BAC One-Eleven Boeing 707 Bristol Britannia Bristol Freighter de Havilland Dove de Havilland Dragon Rapide de Havilland...
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  • non-pressurised types on passenger services. When service entry of the Bristol Britannia was delayed in late 1956, BOAC was permitted to purchase ten new Douglas...
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    going to their vacation in Yugoslavia. The flight was operated by Bristol 175 Britannia 102 aircraft, registration code G-ANBB. The aircraft took off from...
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    achieved several aviation firsts; the CL-44D, based on the British Bristol Britannia airliner, was the first design that allowed access by swinging the...
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    introducing turboprop Bristol Britannia aircraft in 1958. Douglas DC-8 jetliners began to replace them from 1961, but the Britannias continued on routes...
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  • Lockheed Constellations for several years, the airline purchased two Bristol Britannia aircraft. El Al was the second airline in the world to fly this plane...
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    respond by purchasing DC-7Cs rather than wait on the delivery of the Bristol Britannia. The DC-7C found its way into several other overseas airlines' fleets...
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    The Bristol Orion aero engine is a two-shaft turboprop intended for use in later marks of the Bristol Britannia and the Canadair CL-44. Although the engine...
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  • Nebraska. All 42 on board are killed. September 1 – Britannia Airways Flight 105, a Bristol Britannia, crashed on approach to Jože Pučnik Airport, Slovenia...
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    DC-4/C-54 Skymaster and DC-6 piston airliners as well as more modern Bristol Britannia and Vickers Viscount turboprops. These continued serving the all-economy...
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    an imaginary 1930s England ruled by a fascist-style Monarch. A Bristol Type 175 Britannia airliner was the central feature of the 1959 film Jet Over the...
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    luxury cars, gas turbines and ramjet motors. The Bristol Britannia (Whispering Giant) airliner and Bristol Freighter were produced. In 1948, 501 Squadron...
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