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Bristol Type 167 Brabazon
Bristol · Ultra-Long-Range Transatlantic Passenger Transport · UK · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller-driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the United States. The type was named Brabazon after the Brabazon Committee and its chairman, Lord Brabazon of Tara, which had developed the specification to which the airliner was designed.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- UK
- Manufacturer
- Bristol
- Operator
- BOAC (cancelled before delivery)
- Primary Role
- Ultra-Long-Range Transatlantic Passenger Transport
- Status
- Cancelled
- Service Entry
- 1949
- Produced
- 2
- Propulsion
- Piston
- Engine
- 8x Bristol Centaurus 18-cylinder radial (coupled in pairs to 4 propellers)
- Thrust / Power
- 2,500 hp each (18,000 hp total)
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 177
- Wingspan (ft)
- 230
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 144000
- MTOW (lb)
- 290000
- Payload (lb)
- 66000
- Range (mi)
- 5500
- Max Speed (mph)
- 300