Brabazon Collection

Concorde 002 under tow from the Brabazon Hangar at Filton for final fitting out

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW comes in to land
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, comes in to land

The Bristol Brabazon under construction at Filton alongside an Avro Lancaster. 11 August 1948. Date: 1948

Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding
Scene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards

The Bristol Brabazon under construction at Filton

Bristol Brabazon
Designed to fly non-stop London-NY, the Bristol 167 is the largest civil aircraft in the air - wingspan 70m, length 54m. It fails for economic not technical reasons

Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. Davis
A Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours

Brabazon House, Moreton Street, Pimlico
Brabazon House, Moreton Street (now demolished), Pimlico, London

Greyhound Racing
Notable personalities in the greyhound racing world, from left: Mr. F. S. Gentle (Assistant MD of the Greyhound Racing Association), Brig.-Gen. A.C

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, outside the hangars at Filton

John Palmer Brabazon
JOHN PALMER BRABAZON Military Date: 1843 -

John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, later Lord Brabazon of Tara, 1884-1964, makes the first official air freight flight in 1909

Lord Brabazon of Tara and Marshal of the RAF, Lord Tedde?
Lord Brabazon of Tara and Marshal of the RAF, Lord Tedder conversing at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th anniversary dinner at Guildhall, London, on 11 January 1946

New Cabinet Ministers
Sir John Reith (1889-1971), ex-Director General of the BBC, recently appointed Minister of Public Works and Buildings, with Lt-Col J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964), the new Minister of Transport

The Earl of Meath, founder of Empire Day
Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath, (1841-1929) was a British politician and philanthropist. An enthusiastic imperialist, he instigated Empire Day

Bristol Brabazon Plane
The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a huge airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes from the UK to the USA. Date: prototype 1949

The complete Bristol 167 Brabazon I Mk I, G-AGPW, and the incomplete Brabazon Mk II before being scrapped in October 1953

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW has its oil topped up
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, has its oil topped up

The Bristol Brabazon returns to Heathrow Airport after its first passenger-carrying flight on 25 July 1951. Date: 1951

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, flies past the crowd at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1950

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW on its way to Farnborough
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, on its way to Farnborough for the 1949 SBAC show. Date: 1949

The Maple Leaf Club, Brabazon House
Two soldiers share a joke with Mrs Murray, matron of the Maple Leaf Club, established during the War to provide food, medical treatment and accommodation for Canadian soldiers stationed in Britain

Grand Canal, Venice. Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon 1821 - 1906

View of Sousse, Tunisia. Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon 1821 - 1906

Sir Francis Shelmerdine, Director General of Civil Aviat?
Sir Francis Shelmerdine, Director General of Civil Aviation, left, and Lt Col J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon, Royal Aeronautical Society President, at the Royal Aeronautical Society

Lord Brabazon of Tara, President of the Royal Aero Club, ?
Lord Brabazon of Tara, President of the Royal Aero Club, responds to the toasts, at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on 17 December 1953 at a Dinner honouring the 50th anniversary of the first powered

Lord Winster, Minister of Civil Aviation, speaking at th?
Lord Winster, Minister of Civil Aviation, speaking at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th anniversary dinner at Guildhall, London, on 11 January 1946

Photograph from an automatic camera suspended from net taken 25 August 1907 at East Horden, Essex. In the hoop: Oswald Short and the Hon Claud Brabazon

President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
From left: President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Lt-Col J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon; Mr Maisky, Soviet Ambassador; Mrs Moore-Brabazon and Mr C.R

The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, during a preliminary taxy test prior to its first flight at Filton, 4 September 1949

J T C Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1000 prize
J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British aeroplane in the Short Biplane No2 at Leysdown in

Sir Frederick Handley Page CBE FRAeS 1885-1963
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947 (left) and Lord Brabazon of Tara, MC, FRAeS, 1884-1964, RAeS President 1934-1936

The Voisin biplane belonging to J T C Moore-Brabazon
The Voisin biplane belonging to J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon. 1908. Date: 1908

Lord Brabazon of Tara (1884-1964)
Lord Brabazon of Tara, 1884-1964. Date: 1964

The Moore-Brabazon biplane at Brooklands. It was built for Brabazon by Short Bros in 1907. Date: 1907

The prototype Vickers Viscount 700 G-AMAV
The prototype Vickers Viscount 700, G-AMAV, being displayed at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough above the Bristol Brabazon [see for comparison 56004311]. Date: 1950

The Bristol Brabazon takes off from Heathrow Airport for its first passenger-carrying flight on 25 July 1951. Date: 1951

The Rt Hon G R Strauss MP the Minister of Supply
The Rt Hon G.R. Strauss, MP, the Minister of Supply; Lord Brabazon of Tara (with camera) and A.J. Pegg, Bristol chief test pilot

The fin of the sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW
The fin of the sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, immediately prior to taxy tests on 3 September 1939. Date: 1939

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW in flight over Filton
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, in flight over Filton in June 1950. Date: 1950

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW in flight
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, in flight during an early test flight

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW at London Airport in 1950
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, at London Airport in 1950. Date: 1950

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW at Filton
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, at Filton

Bristol Fighter F2B D8096
Bristol Fighter F2B, D8096, under the nose of the Bristol Brabazon. Prestwick, August 1951. Date: 1951

Avro Lincoln SX972 testbed
Avro Lincoln, SX972, testbed for the Bristol Proteus turboprop, overflying the Bristol Brabazon at the 1951 Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1951

Hercules Brabazon
HERCULES BRABAZON Painter and musician. Date: 1821 - 1906

Inmates of the Bosmere & Claydon Workhouse, Norfolk
Uniformed inmates of the Bosmere and Claydon Workhouse, Barham, Norfolk. The smartly dressed woman, centre rear, is probably a local organiser for the Brabazon scheme where workhouse inmates made

Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire
1907 card advertising sale of work produced by inmates of the Belper workhouse under the Brabazon scheme. Date: 1907

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