"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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There were actually 7 Brabazon categories. The Britannia derived from
No.
111.

There was only one Brabazon aircraft, the Bristol Brabazon Mk I.
The Bristol Brabazon Mk II was never completed.

The Britannia derived from No. 111.

During the war a committee headed by Lord Brabazon, and thus called the
Brabazon Committee, identified seven distinct civil transport aircraft
types
or sub-types. You're confusing the committee with the hardware.

Please read again.

The Britannia was a success, the finest prop airliner ever.

So fine that only 85 were sold. By the time the Britannia was ready it
found itself competing with straight jets. The Britannia wasn't even the
best British turboprop airliner.

v Viscount

It was ahead of all others in refinement and used all the virtues of
Brabazon 1, which all other lanes adopted, prop and jet. Few
American airlines bought it as it wasn't American and US prop
equivalents were cheaper, although not better planes.

American airlines pretty much just bought jets instead of turboprops.

Not in the early to mid 50s they never. The Viscount was a big seller in
the US, so was the BAC 1-11.