"Brett" wrote in message
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"far ahead", the truth is the design was obsolete before the first metal
was cut. As for being too big, that would be a claim that could be made
about the XC-99 and be valid.


Yup. The XC-99 was even larger and heavier than the Brabazon. While the
planned Convair Model 37 derivative of the XC-99 never materialized and
there was no series production of C-99s, the XC-99 itself served as a USAF
airlifter until 1957. The Brabazon served only as cookware.