The Bristol Brabazon took its maiden flight from Filton Airfield on 4 September 1949 The 75th anniversary of a pioneering aircraft, which laid the foundation for the development of Concorde, is being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of Bristol’s newest stations has an official name. Bristol Brabazon, which will serve the huge eponymous development on the ...

The long-awaited 'Aviva Arena' is set to open in 2028 ...

A planning application has been submitted for more than 200 new retirement homes at the massive Brabazon development underway north of Bristol. A new section of the neighbourhood has been revealed, ...

A crowd gathers to watch the Bristol Brabazon - which first flew on 4 September 1949. Credit: Aerospace Bristol. A museum in Bristol is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the first flight of a ...

As World War II neared its end, British planners looked ahead to what they believed would be the next great era of aviation. Under the guidance of Lord Brabazon of Tara, engineers designed an enormous ...

The Bristol Brabazon was once Britain’s biggest plane and had the potential to transform UK aviation. It was a massive project built after World War 2 to create a luxury experience for wealthy ...

More than 1,500 student flats will be built at the huge Brabazon development north of Bristol, which will see the historic Filton Airfield transformed. The site started as an aircraft factory in 1910 ...

Just one Brabazon made it off the assembly line. The supersized airliner, with its 230-foot wingspan, rumbled over the British countryside in 1951, accompanied by a Bristol 170 Freighter.

A DOOMED £6million production of a British “gargantuan of the skies” saw a 72-tonne prop plane end up being nothing more than a white elephant. During World War 2 Britain’s aircraft production was ...