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Jan. 25, 1960 - Ancient and Modern.. Fifty Years of Aviation.. The Boxkite - and the Bristol Britannia.. The famous Bristol Aeroplane Company celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on Feb. 19th 1960. The Company produced its first aircraft in 1910 - little more than six years after the Wright Brothers had achieved their epoch making flight at Kittyhawk. The first Bristol aircraft the Boxkite Biplane was in production a few months after formation. A Boxkite had the distinction of making the first military flight in history when, in September 1910, it was used in a reconnaissance role in British Army maneouvres on Salisbury Plain. Keystone Press Agency: The Boxkite earliest aircraft produced by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1910 contrasted with the latest Bristol Britannia turbo prop airliner - now in use all over the world with British Overseas Airways, Canadian Pacific Airlines, etc. RAF Transport Command is being equipped with a military version of the gigantic Britannia
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Achieved Agency Airlines Boxkite Contrasted Distinction Earliest Epoch Equipped Fiftieth Fifty Gigantic Kittyhawk Prop Reconnaissance Salisbury Turbo
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