** A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126 people.

Notable aircraft produced by the company include the ' Boxkite ', the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog, the Blenheim, the Beaufighter, and the Britannia, and much of the preliminary work which led to the Concorde was carried out by the company.

* Bristol Type 175 Britannia, a 1952 British turbo-prop airliner.

* Bristol Type 603S3 Britannia, a 1983 British luxury car.

In 1955, after using Lockheed Constellations for several years, the airline purchased two Bristol Britannia aircraft.

* Cubana de Aviación in 1958 flew 5 daily flights with Viscount 818 jet-props to Miami, and Bristol Britannia 318 jet-props to Madrid, Mexico City and New York.

When service entry of the Bristol Britannia was delayed in late 1956, BOAC was permitted to purchase ten new Douglas DC-7Cs.

In the 1950s, turbine powered airliners were developing rapidly, and the Comet and the seriously delayed Bristol Britannia were rendered obsolescent by the flight of the swept-wing Boeing 367-80 ( 707 prototype ) in 1954.

* Bristol Britannia ( 1955 )

File: Bristol 175 Britannia 312 G-AOVP BA RWY 15. 12. 59 edited-2. jpg | BOAC Britannia 312 landing at Manchester on a transatlantic flight in 1959

It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC and Bristol Britannia G-ANCF, preserved by the Jetstream Club.

A Caledonian Airways | Caledonian Bristol Britannia # Series 300 | Bristol 175 Britannia 300 at Berlin Tegel in October 1967

These flights were operated with Bristol Britannia turboprops.

* Bristol Britannia

The metal fatigue problems encountered in the Comet led to prolonged testing of other promising designs such as the Bristol Britannia, which were so delayed that their production was eclipsed by US designs when they finally reached service.

The CL-44D, based on the Bristol Britannia, was the first design that allowed access by swinging the entire rear fuselage.

The first transatlantic services started on 3 February 1962 with a flight to Havana, using a Bristol Britannia turboprop leased from Cubana de Aviación.

Bristol Britannia 314 " Empress of Rome " at Manchester Airport in 1965

The airline was flying DC-4s and DC-6s internationally in the 1950s, introducing turboprop Bristol Britannia Aircraft from 1958.

* Bristol Aeroplane Company 175 Britannia 314

* Bristol Britannia 314

He joined the Bristol Old Vic and was there for two years 1959 – 1961, time he described as ' the bedrock of his career ', followed by much other stage work: as Brecht's Arturo Ui, The Strange Case of Martin Richter, Disabled, The Heretic, The Caretaker and Semi-Detached ( in New York ).

In 1959 Bristol Aircraft merged with several major British aircraft companies to form the British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ), and Bristol Aero Engines merged with Armstrong Siddeley to form Bristol Siddeley.

In 1959 Bristol was forced by Government policy to merge its aircraft interests with English Electric, Hunting Aircraft, and Vickers-Armstrongs to form the British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ).

The chairmanship of Eric Mensforth from 1953 – 1968 marked the start of the transition, which was aided by the government when in 1959 – 1961 they forced the merger of the 20 or so aviation firms into three groups, British Aircraft Corporation and Hawker Siddeley Group took over fixed-wing designs, while the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe ( with their hovercraft ) were merged with Westland to form Westland Helicopters in 1961.

The UK followed with similar weapons, notably the RAF's Bristol Bloodhound in 1958, and the Army's English Electric Thunderbird in 1959.

In 1959, the aero engine business, Armstrong Siddeley was merged with that of the Bristol Aero Engines to form Bristol Siddeley.

Bristol: Rankin Bros., 1959.

Bristol Siddeley, which had itself resulted from the merger of Armstrong Siddeley and Bristol in 1959, and with its principal factory at Filton, near Bristol, had a strong base in military engines, including the Olympus, which was chosen for Concorde.

* John Kerr ( footballer born 1959 ) ( 1959 – 2006 ), footballer for Tranmere Rovers, Bristol City, Stockport County and Bury

It continued in the role with the Handley Page Hastings then the Bristol Britannia from 1959 to 1976.

511 Squadron was formed again at RAF Lyneham on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Bristol Britannia on long-range trooping flights.

In 1959, the Bristol Britannia was introduced.

The Bristol and North Somerset line closed to passenger traffic in 1959.

Late in 1959 and 60, the 12-inch bell-shaped Bristol drum setup was offered, and in 1961 Bristol front disc brakes were offered to retro fit to the Arnolt Bristol.

Bristol Sycamore HR 14 helicopters of No. 275 Squadron RAF arrived on 9 October 1957 before being re-equipped with the Westland Whirlwind HAR 4 in March 1959 with the HAR 2 version being added in August 1959, however on 1 September 1959 the squadron was disbanded.

Low copper prices saw the Britannia Mine Company reduced to seven employees, and in 1959 it went into liquidation.

Highway 99 was re-aligned via Taylor Way, just east of the Park Royal Shopping Centre, to the Upper Levels Highway and extended to Britannia Beach one year later, extending to Squamish in 1959, and to Pemberton in 1966.

In February 1959 Qantas ' fastest Super Constellation took 63 hr 45 min Sydney to Heathrow and BOAC's Britannia took 49 hr 25 min.