Pioneer 2 with British registration G-AKBE and a Brabazon registered G-AGPW

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Series[UMA-SR-000000037] Aviation photographsAccession[2008.0045] SHELL HISTORICAL ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2008004502777Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentPossibly taken at Farnborough in England. Scottish Aviation Ltd. produced a small number of successful designed aircraft before being amalgamated with other aircraft producers. Their Pioneer 2 first flew in 1947. 59 were built and mainly used by the R.A.F.
In 1942 the British Government established the "Brabazon Committee" to oversee aircraft designs for Britain to compete with the USA in the post WW11 passenger market. Two were successful - the de Havilland Dove and the Vickers Viscount. However the Bristol Brabazon, a complicated eight-engine aircraft, designed for international routes, was an extremely expensive failure and the project was scrapped after only 2 prototypes were constructed.
Caption: "R-54-84 PICTURE SHOWS:- The Pioneer 2 light transport built by Scottish Aviation Ltd. flying over the Bristol Brabazon 1, the largest passenger landplane in the world. (A Shell photograph)" Stamped: "Negative number R-54-84. Copyright Shell Photographic Unit 30-31 Great St. Helen's London E.C.3. Telephone: Avenue 4321"Access StatusAccess restrictions apply for some itemsRequest TypeRequest unitUnitBWP Album 0177Conditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission of University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

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CreatorShell Australia LimitedRoleProvenance

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Date1 September 1950

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Previous System ID2008.0045.02777Format NumberBWP/28269

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Pioneer 2 with British registration G-AKBE and a Brabazon registered G-AGPW

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