"Brett" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote:
"Brett" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote:

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Viscounts were used on similar runs in the UK unless the 70s too,
until
being replaced by mainly BAC 1-11s (another brilliant little gem).
Now
the
Viscount was a superb turboprop, being the first turboprop airliner
in
the
world.

And you still haven't figured out what Brabazon Committee
specifications
could have been considered a "success".

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(And you missed the Vanguard, as well. Brilliant planning, there.
Instead of concentrating on one type, (Brittania or Vanguard), and
thus having the potential of lowering the unit cost to the point
where
people might buy them, you built two different competing aircraft,
and
poisoned both projects.)

The Vanguard was made by a different company, Vickers,

Which had more experience with
..

They are two different companies. They never planed each others models.
How
old are you?

Old enough to know what experience Bristol had in building large airframes
in 1945. There was a reason they got the "job" and I will give you a clue
it
wasn't because they offered the best existing large airframe design team
or
had the best facilities for performing the task. As for how old, I am I
can
remember when the Viscount was a new plane.

Senility eh.