How WWII Created The Bristol Britannia, A Truly British Airliner…
Known as the "Whispering Giant" due to its immense size and quiet exterior noise (for the time anyway), the Bristol Britannia should've become the most popular British aircraft of the postwar era.
Yet, production delays and the introduction of jet airliners meant it was a huge failure and arguably began the tragic downward spiral of the British aircraft manufacturing industry... or at least contributed to it.
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Pre-Bristol Britannia
The idea for the Bristol Britannia originated in 1942, when then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew to the USSR to attend the Moscow Conference between the leaders of the "Big Three" - Stalin, Churchill and FDR.
Flying in an American-made Consolidated B-24 Liberator modified to a...