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Building the Britannia air liner: The first prototype Britannia which made her maiden flight in 1952 photographed in the centre bay of the Assembly Hall at Bristol undergoing resonance tests. With the aircraft supported mainly on compressed nitrogen, special mechanism, is used to set up resonance, or vibration, throughout the aircraft structure, and this resonance is measure and recorded by special apparatus
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13160146
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46145586
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Compressed Maiden Mainly Measure Mechanism Nitrogen Recorded Resonance Supported Tests Throughout Undergoing Vibration
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