Bristol Britannia details
I was wondering if anyone could shed light on the Bristol Britannia.
Apart from the usual details on wikipedia, there is not really many other sites with details on the aircraft.
Considering that 88 were made (and a few were converted to cargo duties) , I am surprised that there is not more details floating around the internet on this aircraft. was it that unimpressive (boring) and aircraft ?
Is it a true fact that due to the free running of the turbo-prop blades, some ground crew's used to hold the prop blades while the turbines were spooling up and then let go and run away resulting in the props suddenly spinning up ?
That must have been quite funny to see (the technical minded side of me says could it actually happen ) ?
RD