Gallery here> https://imgur.com/gallery/IZDTmRP

Excerpts from the above gallery:

My mind STILL boggles at the thought of the Brabazon, the largest airliner ever built in the UK, only carrying SEVENTY TWO passengers!

Ryanair would NEVER have flown one!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 20, 2022, 01:12:39 PMRyanair would NEVER have flown one!

They probably would have done away with the luxurious amenities, and turned it into all cattle class.

Quote from: scooter on November 20, 2022, 01:14:54 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 20, 2022, 01:12:39 PMRyanair would NEVER have flown one!

They probably would have done away with the luxurious amenities, and turned it into all cattle class.

sub-cattle class surely. 

The French Air Force picture reminds me of a 1939-40 publication entitled "Britain's Wonderful Fighting Forces"  where several of the items pictured looked as though they had been badly described over a poor phone line to a novice artist.

I had that book too, I may even still have it! Jingo-ism to the max doesn't even START to describe it! 

But the Amiot 142 really did look like that, and Heller made a model of it to prove it. If ever there was a bomber large enough to hold a good party in, the 142 was it!  I love the way the co-pilot's position is underneath the pilot's, there's almost no way he could see well enough to make even a bad landing.

Most of the artwork on that French AF poster is pretty accurate although I've not heard of the Dweotine D-513 before and had to look it up ; interesting Dweotine D 513

That style of illustration takes me right back to my childhood and still fascinates me