Britain's 'Silver' Elephant: The Bristol Brabazon

The Bristol Brabazon was conceived at the height of the Second World War. With the tide of the conflict turning, the British Government set up a committee to examine the nation's future civil airliner needs post-war. The Brabazon I was the first aircraft specified and the first to fly. Its legacy is complicated, and author Alan J Porter joins us to argue the case for the Brab and the legacy it left following its scrapping.

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00:00 Introduction
01:56 Discovering the Brabazon
06:05 The Brabazon Committee
12:03 It's all Terribly British
15:54 The Bristol Aircraft Company
21:24 The Brabazon I
28:28 Destroying Charlton Village
33:01 Bringing it all Together
41:29 Bill Pegg - Test Pilot
44:30 Farnbrough '49
48:51 The Axe Falls
52:11 The Brabzon Legacy