Bristol Brababomber
The RAF needed a new bomber &, to save an otherwise lost project, they redesigned the Bristol Brabazon to fill the role ....
Bristol Byzantium
Due to the commercial success of the Short Brothers Princess flyingboat, Bristol Aircraft redesigned their Brabazon in competition. They changed it to a high-wing design &, lacking flyingboat hull experience, engaged the services of a naval architect then working at Clyde ShipMasters dock in Scotland who decided on retractable outrigger floats on the hull sides for stability. Also in response to Short’s naming their ‘boats as the “Empire” series, Bristol named theirs the Byzantium. The design, as the Byzantium II, was soon further modified with jet engines replacing the 6 propellor types.