Bristol Britannia Series 300 Crews Notes

Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. Aero Engine School:

Verlag: Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd Aero Engine School

Beschreibung

Not dated, early 1960s, not paginated, around 400pp in 14 tabbed sections, many illustrations in the text and full page, some in colour, in a dark green leatherette binder with gilt titles. Contents in very good condition, with ms notes, calculations etc by original owner, the covers a little worn with a scratch to the back. There are too many pages for the binder to close properly! This is a rare technical manual distributed to flight crews during their training in Bristol. The first 12 Sections cover the engines, the fuel and oil systems, the brakes and so on with Section 13 on preparation of the aircraft and ground running and Section 14 on operating the aircraft. Bristol Siddeley Engines was formed by the April 1959 merger of Bristol Aero-Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors who were the aero engine manufacturing companies of the Bristol Aeroplane Company and the Hawker Siddeley Group. Bristol Siddeley made the Proteus turboprop engine for the Bristol Britannia, which had been developed for inter-continental travel. Although the Britannia had first flown in 1952, continuing technical problems meant that it was not until February 1957 that the Series 100 aircraft were put into service by BOAC on the London to South Africa route, with Australia following a month later. By this time Bristol had already upgraded the aircraft to the larger Series 300 and BOAC selected this aircraft for its transatlantic route. The service from London to New York was introduced in December 1957. Only 85 Britannias were built and by 1963 BOAC had already started to withdraw its fleet - the delays in the Britannia's development had proved to be its downfall as by the time it was ready for service the Comet and the Boeing 707, which were pure jet aircraft, had already superseded it. UK shipping will be by UPS or equivalent for £3.70. Overseas shipping will be higher than the ABE default rate and additional charges will be requested. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5675

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bristol Britannia Series 300 Crews Notes

Verlag: Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd Aero Engine School

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good