Aviones Bristol: libros - historia y modelos

Bristol Britannia: and the Airlines That Flew It, Including the Canadair Cl-44

Este libro ilustrado presenta la historia de la Bristol Britannia, un avión de transporte con turbohélices conocido por su vuelo estable y su diseño resistente. Explica su desarrollo, su servicio en líneas aéreas y su posterior transformación en el Canadair CL-44.
Incluye fotos poco comunes, datos técnicos y registros detallados de las compañías que lo operaron. Ofrece una visión clara del transporte aéreo de mediados del siglo XX y del papel de la Britannia en la aviación británica.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Theodore Gianna
Presentación:	78 páginas, 28 x 21.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Thunderbolt 47 Publications (USA, 2024)
ISBN:	9798883061782

Bristol 1910-59

Si bien no fue el primer fabricante de aviones en Gran Bretaña, Bristol tuvo la clara ventaja de haber sido creada por un empresario consolidado, en lugar de un aviador entusiasta, llamado Sir George White.
Bristol experimentó un rápido crecimiento, pasando de unos pocos hangares en la influyente zona de Larkhill, en Wiltshire, a una nueva sede en Filton. Hasta 2012, fue uno de los principales centros de diseño, desarrollo y fabricación aeronáutica de Gran Bretaña. Gracias a sus numerosos y talentosos diseñadores, ingenieros y pilotos de prueba, sin olvidar la visión de Sir George hace más de un siglo, Bristol ha dejado su huella en la industria aeronáutica con aeronaves revolucionarias y numerosos logros y récords a lo largo de su trayectoria.

Tanto las aeronaves militares como las civiles, así como sus motores (de pistón, turbohélice y a reacción), se han beneficiado del alto nivel de excelencia en ingeniería establecido en la prestigiosa planta de Filton.

Este libro explora la historia de la compañía y de las aeronaves que produjo.

Detalle del libro

Presentación:	160 páginas, 24.5 x 17 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Colección:	Aviation Industry
ISBN:	9781802823790

Bristol Scout 1264 : Rebuilding Granddad's Aircraft

In 1913, Frank Barnwell designed the Bristol Scout, which was the fastest and most manoeuvrable warplane for the first eighteen months of the First World War, and became the prototype single-seat fighter from which all later fighters were derived. As a result Barnwell became one of the seminal figures in the development of aircraft design.

In 1916, Flt Sub Lt F.D.H. Bremner RNAS flew Bristol Scouts for No. 2 Wing in the eastern Mediterranean. In 1983, his grandson David discovered three aircraft parts from Scout no. 1264 in his late grandfather's workshop and twenty years later he, together with his friend Theo Willford, researched the possibility of rebuilding her from these three parts.

This book interweaves the previously unpublished early life of Barnwell and his brother Harold, the operational and technical history of his creation the Bristol Scout, Bremner's flying career, and the challenges faced by Theo together with David and his brother Rick in recreating 1264 and getting her back in the air.
Neither Frank Barnwell nor the Bristol Scout have received the acclaim due to them in the history of military aviation and this lavishly illustrated book attempts to put the record straight.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	David Bremner
Presentación:	224 páginas, 23.5 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	61 fotos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Fonthill Media (GB, 2018)
ISBN:	9781781551011

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941

The Bristol Blenheim entered Bomber Command service in 1937 and became one of the Command's most important aircraft. On its inception, the Blenheim was fast and sleek, and at the outbreak of war, achieved a number of early firsts. It was the first British aircraft to enter German airspace and attacked warships near Wilhelmshaven.

Before being replaced by the Wooden Wonder, the mighty Mosquito, the Blenheim soldiered on with almost suicidal consequences for its crews. This book covers the operations, often tragic, of the Blenheims during the fighting over Greece and Albania. By the end of the fighting and withdrawal to Crete, all three squadrons had effectively been wiped out, with great sacrifice by the crews involved.

One of the airmen involved was No. 30 Squadron's Sgt Lofty Lord whose grandson Simon has amassed much information and photographs, many previously unpublished, from survivors and/or their families. The same three squadrons, with many new crews to replace those lost in Greece, later fought together in Sumatra and Java (the Dutch East Indies) in an endeavour to repel the Japanese invasion.

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on Second World War military aviation, this is a gripping account of the heroics of the small band of British and Greek airmen who flew the Blenheims against ever-increasing odds, particularly once the Luftwaffe were determined to decimate them.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Brian Cull
Presentación:	224 páginas, 23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Fonthill Media (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781781556313

Bristol Brabazon

El Brabazon: su nombre evoca el optimismo inmediato de la aviación civil tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este gigantesco avión fue construido por Bristol Aircraft en 1949 para cruzar el Atlántico y servir al imperio. Sin embargo, resultó ser un fracaso comercial, ya que las aerolíneas consideraron que era demasiado grande y caro para ser útil.
Grande y lujoso, solo transportaba entre 60 y 80 pasajeros, y con un alcance de 5.000 millas, una envergadura de 225 pies y ocho motores ocultos en las alas con suficiente combustible para llegar a Nueva York, el "bombardero de 100 toneladas" era más impresionante y capaz que el B-29: había nacido el avión de pasajeros definitivo.

Ahora, con material inédito e ilustraciones del folleto de ventas original del Bristol Brabazon, entre otras fuentes, la elegancia del Brabazon al estilo de los años 30 se exhibe una vez más, celebrando su diseño, construcción y puro lujo.
Un desenlace apropiado para semejante paradigma del optimismo de la posguerra y para un avión que muchos siguen considerando el más destacado de la aviación civil propulsada por hélice.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Graham M. Simons
Presentación:	128 páginas, 24.5 x 17.5 x 0.8 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	The History Press Ltd (GB, 2012)
ISBN:	9780752467337

Bristol Beaufighter (Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions)

Known as the "Beau", Bristol's Beaufighter was based on the design of the Beaufort torpedo bomber. Heavy and slow by fighter standards, it nevertheless had a long career as a fighter, fighter bomber and eventually replaced the Beaufort as a torpedo bomber.
Equipped with radar in its nose, it flew over the skies of the United Kingdom in 1941 as a night-fighter and proved a strong counter to the Luftwaffe. Beginning in 1942, the Beau flew in the Mediterranean where it proved very effective against shipping, aircraft and ground targets.

The torpedo-carrying variant "Torbeau", TF Mk. X, made its first successful attacks in April of 1943, sinking two merchant ships off Norway. The North Coates Strike Wing of Coastal Command used Torbeaus and Beaus in concert and accounted for over 117 enemy vessels, nearly half of all enemy shipping sunk by strike wings in 1942-45.

The Beau also flew in the Pacific and CBI Theaters, attacking Japanese supply lines and shipping. Royal Australian Air Forces units flew an Australian-produced variant, most notably in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea where they sank twelve enemy ships.

Originally printed by the Minister of Air Production and Bristol, this pilot's flight operating instruction manual taught pilot's everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. Includes instructions for both the Beaufighter II and TF X models.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Minister of Aircraft Production
Presentación:	106 páginas, 25.5 x 20.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ilustraciones b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	CKE Publications (USA, 2009)
Colección:	Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions
ISBN:	9781935327745