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Whether to believe in this or not is the reader's personal choice, but one can understand why Brabazon was so eager to be known as Baron Tara. Despite his love for the legends of his homeland, Moore-Brabazon was most interested in technical innovations from childhood, preferring them to the necessary study of classical languages for his future ...
One of the first men actually to fly in England, Mr J. C. T. Moore-Brabazon, was a famous figure in the days of exhibition flying. He won his reputation mainly through being first to fly a circular mile on a machine designed and built in Great Britain and piloted by a British subject.
Feb 1, 2008 · Comparisons with typical transport aircraft of the time are revealing: the Brabazon had well over twice the wingspan, nearly three times the length, and eight times the weight of the well-known Douglas DC-3. The “Brab” also flew higher and faster, with an unparalleled range and carrying capacity.
Lord Brabazon of Tara was a most remarkable man who had many interests and achieved many firsts in his long life. Born John Moore-Brabazon, at Cambridge he founded the first motor club with Lionel de Rothschild and during the holidays was a mechanic to Charles Rolls who remained a great motoring and balloonist friend.
Pioneer aviator. Moore-Brabazon first flew solo in November 1908 in France in a Voisin biplane. He became the first resident Englishman to make an officially recognized aeroplane flight in England on 2 May 1909, at Shellbeach on the Isle of Sheppey with flights of 450 ft, 600 ft, and 1500 ft.
Mar 9, 2017 · Some have described it as an engineering masterpiece and the precursor of the modern jumbo jet, but it’s also been dismissed as a useless and expensive white elephant that no body in the airline industry really wanted.
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The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller -driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the United States. The type was named Brabazon after the Brabazon Committee and its chairman, Lord Brabazon of Tara, which had developed the specification to which ...
