📸Interior of a drawing office at Filton, June 1943

The people in these offices translated the ideas of designers and engineers into detailed production drawings & plans.

All measurements & calculations had to be done by hand using drawing tools, slide rule & calculation tables

Met one of my all-time travel 'heroines' today - the stylish, elegant Concorde at her home Aerospace Bristol. Last time I saw her, she was in the air. Still looks futuristic, even 20+ years after retiring. #Bristol #travel #aviation #heritage #nostalgia Visit Bristol BGTW

Chris, who lives at one of our services in Yate, has a passion for aircrafts. He recently visited Aerospace Bristol and he was thrilled to have the opportunity to board a Concorde and find out what it was like inside. An unforgettable experience!

#Concorde #SocialCare #TeamMilestones

This photo is from a booklet of “Concorde Facts” and highlights the advantages of Concorde.

The graph comparing a flight to the US on Concorde and a flight to the US in a subsonic jet, shows how the difference in flight time splits up into in-flight activity for the passenger.✈️

Bristol Cars & remote control car racing! 🏎️

This May half term try your hand at shaping a car body as well as racing a remote-controlled car alongside the last Concorde ever to fly.

For all you need to know, visit aerospacebristol.org/may-half-term

Olympus Gin & Engine with #Concorde Psychopomp Aerospace Bristol

#OnThisDay in 1979

The last production Concorde, Alpha Foxtrot, makes its first flight from Filton.✈️

📸G-BOAF in production

Glass plate negative of The Bristol Type 48✈️🌊

Type 48 was a three-seat seaplane version of the earlier Bristol Type 47 landplane. Two aircraft of this type were built and the first aircraft was flown for the first time on 15th October 1920.

📸Avonmouth, Oct 1920

Brunel's SS Great Britain Moving on to some more modern heritage - you can step aboard the last Concorde to fly at Aerospace Bristol which also has many fascinating displays about Bristol's aviation history.
#WorldHeritageDay

Find out more: visitbristol.co.uk/things-to-do/a…

Thsi is a 1953 Bristol 403 Saloon Car. On display at Aerospace Bristol
Fitted with a 100bhp 2 litre 6 cylinder engine. Top speed 104mph.
Based at Filton, Bristol
The exhibits cover over 100 years of aviation history.
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Image Credit Garry

Before 3D computer aided design, wooden mock-ups were built to test practicalities, including whether fitters and mechanics could actually reach in far enough to do their work.

📸A full scale mock-up of the Olympus 593

Did you know?🤔

No complete F.2B Fighters survive from the First World War.

The aircraft in our Heritage Hangar is a replica built by Airbus & Rolls-Royce apprentices using the original company plans still kept in the Aerospace Bristol archives.

#OnThisDay in 2003

British Airways and Air France announce they are to retire their Concorde fleets within 6 months, ending 27 years of commericial supersonic flight.

📸002 Take off / BAE Systems

Don't miss our exclusive Concorde Technical Tour✈️

You will have the chance to hear all about what it was like to fly at 60,000 ft, faster than the speed of sound and be taken on a technical journey of Concorde.

To read full details, visit⬇️

aerospacebristol.org/last-first-fli…

Be sure to visit the museum tomorrow for your last chance to Meet Olga Lehmann, World War II artist, and George Henry Challenger, designer of the Bristol Boxkite🎨✈️

Learn more⬇️

aerospacebristol.org/easter

Visit Aerospace Bristol on Saturday 20th April to mark the 45th anniversary of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot's first flight.✈️

You’ll have the chance to step aboard Concorde, meet a Concorde captain and see a live demonstration of Concorde’s famous droop nose.

aerospacebristol.org/last-first-fli…

Don't miss your chance to 'Meet History' again this weekend🤩

George Henry Challenger, designer of the Bristol Boxkite will be back at the museum on the 5th to the 8th April! ✈️

Today was the first day of Pilot a Pedal Plane (Under-5s) at Aerospace Bristol! ✈️

Budding young pilots visiting tomorrow and Thursday will have the chance to sit in a Tiger Moth, Spitfire and even a Bristol Freighter.

Learn more⬇️

aerospacebristol.org/easter