Originally Posted by
CliveL
Knowing the location and the 'extra' contracts Bristol's had at the time I think it is a 'Whispering Giant'.
Since it was me who took the photo, I can confirm that.
Filton was 'taking in' RAF Brittanias for major overhaul at the time.
Reminds me of a funny tale, not Concorde-related.
Years before (mid '60s) I'd bought an ex-RAF vacuum-driven artificial horizon in one of those surplus shops in London, dated by a War Ministry label to 1939. I'd already run it once with a vacuum cleaner (oh, the vandalism the young get up to...).
Since the Brit had some vacuum-driven instruments, there was a test bench in the Filton lab for such instruments. So I brought in my ancient horizon, had it tested.... and it still met the basic specs! They made them well in those days....
CJ