P4042 BRISTOL BRITANNIA - CALEDONIAN

The Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a British medium- and long-range airliner with a metal structure and a low wing configuration. The drive was provided by 4 Bristol Proteusz 765 turboprop engines with a capacity of 4446 KM each. The flight of the prototype took place in 1952, and serial production continued in the years 1952-1960, ending with the production of 85 copies of this aircraft. The Bristol Britannia was created as a passenger machine, intended to serve civilian flights over long and medium distances within the borders of the British Empire. The Bristol Britannia was one of the last passenger airliners to use turboprop engines, and the engines used proved to be emergency and prone to icing, which meant that the plane made its first scheduled flight only in 1957, when it began to enter more widely jet machines for passenger transport. This led to the production of only 85 aircraft of this type, despite the fact that they were machines with a large range, very quiet inside the cabin, providing high flight comfort and liked by passengers. In addition to the passenger versions (100 and 300 series), there was an attempt to create a transport version (300 series), but it did not enter serial production. Bristol Britannia planes have reached many foreign recipients, including: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada and Cuba.