Originally Posted by bobby_101
lol... ok... so i finalli found out where filton is...lol...
for those who like me didnt know its next to bristol in the west country...
hmmm... if its coming from filton then how can it be flying over london as well?
bobby
Filton is in the north of the Bristol conurbation near the M4/M5 junction. It was originally the home of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, an organisation that amalgamated and was absorbed down the decades.
Such famous aircraft as the Bristol Boxkite, Bristol Fighter, Bristol Blenheim, Beaufort and Beaufighter, Bristol Brabazon, Bristol Britannia and, the most famous of the lot, Concorde were all built and/or designed there. The company was also a maker of aero engines and a large Rolls Royce aero engine facility still exists at neighbouring Patchway.
Filton is roughly 100 miles to the west of Heathrow and one of the joys of a fine summer evening, sadly no longer, was to first hear, then see, Concorde flying over her home city on the final part of her journey from New York.