BRITANNIA AIRCRAFT PRESERVATION TRUST

About Us

The Trust

The Britannia Aircraft Preservation Trust was launched in 1991, the 40th Anniversary year of the first flight of the prototype Bristol Britannia from Filton. In its efforts to help fund the Trust, it published A History of the Bristol Britannia written by founder member David Littlefield, and produced a limited edition print, First Whisper, by Len Hutton.

The objectives of the Trust are directed wholly to the preservation and exhibition of Britannia aircraft, their parts, documents, articles and related information about their design, construction and operation. The main thrust of the Trust's efforts is to raise funds and co-ordinate volunteer work programmes to assist with the preservation and restoration of Britannia aircraft in the United Kingdom.

The Trusts Britannias

G-ANCF found a new home with the help of the Jetstream Club outside the Old terminal building at Liverpool Speke Airport

G-ALRX was the second Britannia prototype, infamous for its forced-landing on the Severn mud flats during a test flight, only six weeks after its first flight. The forward fuselage section was donated by the Ministry of Defence at Boscombe Down to the BAPT, and placed on long term loan to the Bristol Aero Collection. The cockpit is usually open for inspection in their hangar at Kemble.

XM496 ''XM496 was acquired from Transair Zaire