Over ruled
Bristol Britannia cockpit section on display at Aerospace Bristol
This section is from the second prototype GALRX which made a forced landing in the River Severn Estuary while on a test flight on the 4th of February 1954
www.key.aero/article/how-bristols-second-britannia-nearly...
Howard Hughes wanted the Britannia for his TWA fleet but initially it was plagued with issues around it's Proteous Turbo-prop engines. By the time those issues were solved and the fact that Bristol didn't have the production capacity required, that order evaporated
276A5580
Over ruled
Bristol Britannia cockpit section on display at Aerospace Bristol
This section is from the second prototype GALRX which made a forced landing in the River Severn Estuary while on a test flight on the 4th of February 1954
www.key.aero/article/how-bristols-second-britannia-nearly...
Howard Hughes wanted the Britannia for his TWA fleet but initially it was plagued with issues around it's Proteous Turbo-prop engines. By the time those issues were solved and the fact that Bristol didn't have the production capacity required, that order evaporated
276A5580