Imagining the career of a British giant
The Bristol Brabazon began as a wartime project in 1943 and was cancelled in 1953. It remains a fascinating symbol: huge, ambitious, designed for very long-haul travel, yet too early and too heavy for the real market.
This plan imagines what BOAC and major airlines might have flown if funding and orders had continued: transatlantic crossings, Africa, South America, Australia and even Japan.
Flying notes
- Keep propeller controls at 100 % and climb first toward 10,000 ft before stabilizing.
- Then continue toward 20,000 ft and 25,000 ft in steps, watching fuel burn and real weather.
- Heathrow to La Guardia is the demanding showcase: extreme range and very little fuel margin.
Suggested route
United Kingdom to North America
This chapter structures the United Kingdom to North America segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.
EGLL → KLGA
United Kingdom to South America
This chapter structures the United Kingdom to South America segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.
EGLL → GOOY → SBGL → SCEL
United Kingdom to Africa
This chapter structures the United Kingdom to Africa segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.
EGLL → HSSS → FAJS
United Kingdom to Australia
This chapter structures the United Kingdom to Australia segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.
EGLL → OBBI → VECC → WIIH → YSSY
United Kingdom to Japan
This chapter structures the United Kingdom to Japan segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.
EGLL → USRR → RJTT
© Michel Lagneau 2018