GreyKnight Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 The size of its wings! http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=939 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattler Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Holy cow! That is one huge bird! I have to admit, you Brits can make one pretty airplane... The DH Swallow comes to mind as well, and the DH Dragon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannon_fodder Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 What this story fails to mention is the fate of the village of Charton. If you follow Charton Road north you end at a crash gate halfway down the runway. There was worry that the Brabazon would not be able to take off from the existing runway so the village of charlton was compulsery purchased and the peolple rehomed in Patchway. The Village was bulldozed and the runway extended to 8000+ ft to handle this monster aircraft. I think the maiden flight got up in less than 4000 ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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