"Spiv" wrote:
"Brett" wrote in message

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Wrong again (shame the web site you found wasn't the best available) the
Britannia was the result of a December 1946 BOAC requirement for a
Medium
Range Empire transport and Bristol's original response was to propose a
Centaurus powered Lockheed Constellation.

All of Brabazon 11 went in to the Britannia.

No it didn't, BOAC, MoS and Bristol appear to have had little idea of what
they were going to build for most of the 1940's or what they would build and
put into service in 1957 (you did miss a major first for the Britannia by
the way, if you try really hard you might be able to figure out what it is)
was rendered obsolete by Pan Am's introduction of transatlantic service
using 707's in 1958.