Designed to redefine air travel, the Bristol Brabazon was a post-war marvel—stretching longer than a Boeing 747 and weighing in at 130 tons. Yet despite its grandeur and ambition, it never saw ...

Just one Brabazon made it off the assembly line. The supersized airliner, with its 230-foot wingspan, rumbled over the British countryside in 1951, accompanied by a Bristol 170 Freighter.