Bristol Britannia series of aircraft; series 100 has max weight 155, 000 lb; length 114 ft; passengers 90; cargo 758 cu ft; powered by Proteus 705 3900-ehp propeller turbine engine; instead of moving rudder, ailerons and elevators themselves by various controls, Britannia employs principle of getting airstream over wings to do all work of moving surfaces for pilot; Ecko cloud collision warning radar.


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    Title :

    Operating Britannia


    Additional title:

    Shell Aviation News


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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