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Bristol Jupiter
The Bristol Jupiter, license-built as the Gnome-Rhône Jupiter and Soviet Shvetsov M-22, was a British nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aero-engine designed by Roy Fedden and powered over 262 aircraft types.
Bristol Mercury
The Bristol Mercury is a British nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial piston aero engine developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1925, powering fighters including the Gloster Gladiator and Westland Lysander.
Bristol Sycamore
Built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the Bristol Sycamore (Bristol Type 171) is a piston-engine helicopter that served with the Royal Air Force and other nations.
Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. is a Houston-based provider of helicopter and fixed-wing aviation services, formed by the 2020 merger of Bristow and Era, best known for offshore energy transport and search and rescue.
Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939
Britain's imperial air routes of 1918 to 1939 were long-distance civil aviation services linking Britain with its Empire, run by Imperial Airways and culminating in the Empire Air Mail Scheme.
British Aerospace
British Aerospace (BAe), UK state-owned aircraft and defence manufacturer formed 29 April 1977 from BAC, Hawker Siddeley and Scottish Aviation; privatised 1981-1985; built BAe 146, Hawk, Harrier, Tornado; merged with Marconi in 1999 to form BAE Systems.
British Aerospace 146
The British Aerospace 146, nicknamed the Whisperjet, is a quiet four-engine British regional airliner, first flown in 1981; 394 were built, including the re-engined Avro RJ series.
British Aerospace EAP
The British Aerospace EAP (Experimental Aircraft Programme) was a British technology demonstrator aircraft, first flown in 1986, that proved technologies later used in the Eurofighter Typhoon.
British Aerospace Harrier II
The British Aerospace Harrier II is a British V/STOL ground-attack aircraft flown by the RAF as the GR5, GR7, and GR9 until retirement in 2010.
British Aerospace Hawk 200
The British Aerospace Hawk 200 is a single-seat light combat aircraft derived from the Hawk trainer, sharing 80 percent of its airframe and serving Indonesia, Malaysia, and Oman.
British Aerospace Jetstream
The British Aerospace Jetstream, also called the BAe Jetstream or Jetstream 32, is a British 29-seat twin-engine turboprop regional airliner developed at Prestwick and produced from 1991 to 1998.
British Aerospace Jetstream 41
The British Aerospace Jetstream 41, also designated Jetstream Series 4100 or J41, is a 29-seat twin-turboprop regional airliner built by British Aerospace at Prestwick, Scotland, from 1991 to 1998.
British Aerospace Sea Harrier
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a British carrier-based VTOL jet fighter developed from the Hawker Siddeley Harrier for the Royal Navy, which fought in the 1982 Falklands War.
British Aircraft Corporation
British Aircraft Corporation was a British aircraft manufacturer created in 1960 by merger, which produced the BAC One-Eleven, Concorde, Jaguar, and Tornado before nationalisation as British Aerospace in 1977.
British Airways
British Airways is the United Kingdom's flag carrier airline, created in 1974 by merging BOAC and BEA, privatized in 1987, and since 2011 part of International Airlines Group.
British Airways fleet
The British Airways fleet is the aircraft operated by the UK flag carrier and its subsidiaries BA CityFlyer and BA Euroflyer, an all-jet fleet of about 291 aircraft.
British Airways Flight 009
British Airways Flight 009, called the Jakarta incident, was a 1982 flight whose Boeing 747 lost all four engines flying through volcanic ash from Mount Galunggung.
British Airways Flight 38
British Airways Flight 38, also called Speedbird 38, was a Beijing to London flight whose Boeing 777 crash-landed at Heathrow in 2008, with all 152 aboard surviving.
British Airways Flight 5390
British Airways Flight 5390 was a 1990 Birmingham to Málaga flight whose cockpit windscreen blew out, partially ejecting the captain; the first officer landed safely at Southampton.
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), agreed in December 1939 by Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, trained 131,533 aircrew in Canada during the Second World War.
British European Airways Flight 548
British European Airways Flight 548, known as the Staines air disaster, crashed near Staines after take-off from Heathrow on 18 June 1972, killing all 118 aboard.
British Gliding Association
The British Gliding Association (BGA), founded in 1930, is the governing body for gliding in the United Kingdom, representing 76 clubs and about 6,000 members from its Leicester headquarters.
British Microlight Aircraft Association
The British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) is the UK organization that governs microlight aviation under delegated CAA authority, certifying designs, inspecting aircraft, licensing pilots, and representing about 4,000 members.
British Model Flying Association
The British Model Flying Association is the national governing body for model aircraft flying in the United Kingdom, founded in 1922 and representing over 750 affiliated clubs.
British Overseas Airways Corporation
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned long-haul airline formed in 1939 by merging Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd, and it merged with British European Airways in 1974 to form British Airways.
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, or BN Islander, is a British twin-engine, high-wing utility aircraft seating up to ten, first flown in 1965 with over 1,250 built.
Britten-Norman Trislander
The Britten-Norman Trislander, or Trislander, is an 18-seat, three-engine light transport aircraft developed from the BN-2 Islander and launched in 1970 for short-runway island and regional services.
Brooklands Museum
Brooklands Museum is an independent motoring and aviation museum in Weybridge, Surrey, England, opened in 1991 on the 1907 Brooklands Race Track, the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit.
Bruce P. Crandall
Bruce P. Crandall was a United States Army aviator who received the Medal of Honor for flying 22 helicopter missions into the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965.
Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome
Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, also known as Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground and formerly RAF Bruntingthorpe, is a former RAF station in Leicestershire, England, now a vehicle testing and storage site.