• aeronautical past: the Beaufighter, Blenheim, Britannia and Brigand. In February 1997, Crook, then aged 77, sold a fifty per cent holding in Bristol Cars to Toby...
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    Bristol Aeroplane was known for their World War I Bristol Fighter and World War II Blenheim and Beaufighter planes. During the 1950s they were a major English...
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    The Bristol 408 is a British luxury car made by Bristol Cars between 1963 and 1966. Unusually for Bristol, a slightly revised version was launched during...
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    manufacturing products to support the war. The fuselages for 1,300 Bristol Beaufighters and 120 Bristol Buckinghams were built and sent to Filton for fitting out...
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    successor, the Beaufighter, whose body was designed by Giuseppe Mittino for Zagato, from 1975 to 1993. The factory produced four-seater by Bristol Cars, which...
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    in the Westland Whirlwind of 1940 and later in the more powerful Bristol Beaufighter, providing the Royal Air Force (RAF) with powerful cannon-armed interceptors...
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    Interception Unit at RAF Tangmere fitted the fourth prototype Mk I Bristol Beaufighter night fighter with the Vickers S, installed asymmetrically, in the...
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    Twin-boom aircraft Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bristol Beaufighter Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke Kawasaki Ki-45 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Messerschmitt...
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    stretching for miles. After the war, PSP was used by many southeastern U.S. auto racers (including NASCAR teams) to construct trailers. It was a readily available...
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  • trainer/target tug Brewster 339C/D Buffalo (ex-Dutch KNIL-ML) fighter Bristol Beaufighter fighter Budd C-93 Conestoga transport Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 advanced...
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