Aviation Archive Registration Acknowledgements
BAC 100: 2010. Join in the Celebrations of 100 Years of Aviation in the West of England. Aviation image sequence: Photograph of the Bristol Flying School at Larkhill by T L Fuller © J T Fuller. Mercury engine installation diagram, courtesy of BAC/Rolls-Royce. Selection of old postcards from the collection of Jackie Sims. Photograph of A380 over Clifton Suspension Bridge courtesy of Airbus SAS 2006. Computer generated image of A350 XWB courtesy of Airbus. Artist's impressions of main exhibition by Simon Gurr. Sir George White (Airbus).
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Other West of England Aviation

This section provides details of resources relating to the companies that followed Bristol Aeroplane Company as well as other West of England aviation companies and pioneers.

Bibliography

Cullingham, Gordon (1984) Patrick Y Alexander Cross Manufacturing Company: Bath

Costello, John and Terry Hughes (1976) Concorde: The International Race for a Super Sonic Passenger Transport Angus & Robertson: London

Kelly, Andrew and Melanie Kelly (2010) Take Flight: Celebrating Aviation in the West of England Since 1910 Bristol Cultural Development Partnership: Bristol

Knight, Geoffrey (1976) Concorde: The Inside Story George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited: London

Owen, Kenneth (1982) Concorde: New Shape in the Sky Jane's Publishing Company: London

Penny, John (1997) Air Defence of the Bristol Area 1937-44 Bristol Branch of the Historical Association

Smith, Ron (2003) British Built Aircraft Volume 2 (South West & Central Southern England) Tempus Publishing: Stroud

Tozer, Jane and Jackie Sims (2003) Filton Voices Tempus: Stroud (includes section on aviation industry)

Trubshaw, Brian (2000) Concorde: The Inside Story Sutton Publishing: Stroud

Wakefield, Ken (1997) Somewhere in the West Country: The History of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport Crecy: Wilmslow

Wilson, Andrew (1973) The Concorde Fiasco Penguin: Harmondsworth

Wixey, Ken (1995) Gloucester Aviation: a History Alan Sutton Publishing Limited: Stroud

Wixey, Kenneth (1990) Parnall Aircraft Since 1914 Putnam Aeronautical Books: London

Yate District Oral History Project (1990) Parnall's In Memoriam YDOHP: Yate

Places to Go

Step aboard Concorde 216, the last completed in the UK, at Concorde at Filton. There is an admission charge.

See a Concorde cabin mock-up, a Harrier and other aircraft and aero engines linked to the West of England at the Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble. There is an admission charge.

See Bristol Siddeley and Rolls-Royce engines designed and built at Patchway at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. Admission is free but pre-booking is essential.

Websites

Filton Airfield Enthusiasts provides a history of the airfield, flight plans and other news.

Concorde brings together a comprehensive range of information about the aircraft.

Speedbirds is a website for Concorde fans.
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Passengers on Concorde (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust).
Passengers on Concorde (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust).

Jane Tozer from Filton Community History reading Take Flight: Celebrating Aviation in the West of England Since 1910.
Jane Tozer from Filton Community History reading Take Flight: Celebrating Aviation in the West of England Since 1910.

Retired MBDA employee Tim Bowly with Take Flight.
Retired MBDA employee Tim Bowly with Take Flight.

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