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Sep. 09, 1954 - Long-Range Turboprop Is In Productions: Following the success of the medium-ranged turboprop (jet-driven propeller) Vickers Viscount, the British are pressing ahead with the Britannia, a long-range airliner capable of carrying up to 100 passengers against the prevailing winds between London and New York with year-round regularity. British Overseas Airways Corporation has ordered 35 of them for an expected debut next year on their world-wide routes. Photo shows The first production Britannias taking shape in the vast assembly hall of the Bristol Airplane Co. Filton, near Bristol, English. Two versions, powered by Proteus turboprops, will have fuselages between 114 and 124 ft. Only pure jets will be faster
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