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Brabazon - Naked at night | |
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| G1028. Brabazon seen in the old flight sheds, where the early construction took place. 'Brabazon in naked form'. This image shows the ribs and spars to which the skin would be rivetted. Bristol had pioneered metal construction using the principles of stressed skin to take not only the flight loads but also the static loads when taxying and on the ground. This picture, less than 12 months after VE day shows her as a bare skeleton at night. 24 hour working had ceased with the end of hostilities and people tried hard to regain some normality to life and work. However, due to delays it would not be until September 4th 1949 that the aircraft would make its maiden flight. | |
| Publisher | Bristol Aeroplane Company |
| Contributor | Bristol Reference Library |
| Creator | corporatename - Bristol Aeroplane Company |
| Date | creation - Circa 1946 |
| Type | Photographic prints - Black & White |
| Format | dimension.H - 180 mm dimension.W - 240 mm |
| Identifier | L62.8 |
| Source | Bristol Central Reference Library |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | |
| Coverage | period - Post WW2 Location.Creation Site - Filton, South Gloucestershire |
| Rights | As agreed with Bristol Reference library |
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