GT6Boy
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Hi folks
My late father kept this brochure, from when he worked in the Bristol Helicopter Design Office (1953 onwards).
I'm aware of the RCN order for the Bristol Type 193- I can't recall an official RCA equivalent interest, or if it evolved into an actual requirement?
Can anyone here shed any light on the likely backstory to this document?
There were no dates evident in this very sparse(initial?) offering from Bristol.
Their comparisons of other types of aircraft for the 'requirement' is interesting.
The mentioned Fig.1 in the text, was sadly not evident, when I scanned the whole document.
However, I had kept all the photographs and GA images Dad had made for a very impressive display, in the old HDO office in 1980, for the then Westland Open Day. A search ensued!
I cannot begin to tell you how happy I was, to seemingly find the missing Fig.1 GA drawing of the Civil derivative of the Type 192, especially as the date shown of 04/05/56 aligns with the mentioning in the brochure of the then current 192 status ('now entering production').
The GA appears to have been drawn by a fella called AH. I suspect that was my father's colleague; Arthur Haines!
My late father kept this brochure, from when he worked in the Bristol Helicopter Design Office (1953 onwards).
I'm aware of the RCN order for the Bristol Type 193- I can't recall an official RCA equivalent interest, or if it evolved into an actual requirement?
Can anyone here shed any light on the likely backstory to this document?
There were no dates evident in this very sparse(initial?) offering from Bristol.
Their comparisons of other types of aircraft for the 'requirement' is interesting.
The mentioned Fig.1 in the text, was sadly not evident, when I scanned the whole document.
However, I had kept all the photographs and GA images Dad had made for a very impressive display, in the old HDO office in 1980, for the then Westland Open Day. A search ensued!
I cannot begin to tell you how happy I was, to seemingly find the missing Fig.1 GA drawing of the Civil derivative of the Type 192, especially as the date shown of 04/05/56 aligns with the mentioning in the brochure of the then current 192 status ('now entering production').
The GA appears to have been drawn by a fella called AH. I suspect that was my father's colleague; Arthur Haines!
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