(This interview is originally from 2008 and was on the BOHT site but rather hidden! The interviewer was Stefan Cembrowicz.) Dave served a 5 year apprenticeship with the BAC at Filton Technical College and within the company’s 12 departments on airframe and general products. After work experience and Drawing Office tuition he progressed to become… Continue reading Interview with Dave Allen who worked at BAC between 1958 and 1964.
Category: Aircraft
Concorde – First To Last – The Complete Film History
Concorde – First To Last tells the complete history of the supersonic airliner as the UK prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the last flight on November 26. The 2.5 hour film, containing rare archive footage, has been sponsored by ten members of the Bristol Aero Collection Trust, the charity behind the Aerospace Bristol… Continue reading Concorde – First To Last – The Complete Film History
The Cosford Photo Shoot – Some Bristol Cars and a Bristol Aircraft
Most of us know something about the cars pictured in these photos but I thought it might be interesting to say something about the aircraft pictured here, the Bristol T188, as well as some other Bristol design projects. The pictures are not new but featured in an article in Octane in April 2012. However we… Continue reading The Cosford Photo Shoot – Some Bristol Cars and a Bristol Aircraft
Bristol Flyer
Although not specifically about Bristol Cars we thought you might be interested in seeing this journal. The “Bristol.Flyer” is a privately produced and published electronic journal which focuses on the history of the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company, the Bristol Aeroplane Company and the people who worked there between 1910 and 1977, when it became… Continue reading Bristol Flyer
The Bristol Type 170 Freighter – and some Bristol cars
The Type170 Bristol Freighter was a post-war work horse. Designed at the end of the war but produced in the Brabazon era, it was built in two configurations , firstly with a passenger carrying capacity of 32 , (exceeded in very special circumstances) and secondly with its bluff nose hinged to open like a clamshell,… Continue reading The Bristol Type 170 Freighter – and some Bristol cars
