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Ben Shelton & Arthur Fils | Swiss Indoors 2024 🇨🇭

From doubles partners to rivals to besties 🫶🏽

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The Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The Beaufighter proved to be an effective night fighter, which came into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Battle of Britain, its large size allowing it to carry heavy armament and early aircraft interception radar without major performance penalties.

The Beaufighter was used in many roles; receiving the nicknames Rockbeau for its use as a rocket-armed ground attack aircraft and Torbeau as a torpedo bomber against Axis shipping, in which it replaced the Beaufort. In later operations, it served mainly as a maritime strike/ground attack aircraft, RAF Coastal Command having operated the largest number of Beaufighters amongst all other commands at one point. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also made extensive use of the type as an anti-shipping aircraft, such as during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.

Lower image shows a Beaufighter being assembled at the Bristol Aeroplane Factory at Filton Bristol in 1942

During World War II, the Beaufighter also played a significant role in the Battle of Britain, protecting the skies over the south of England. Flying at night, all-black painted Beaufighters acted as Night Interceptors in the hands of skilled pilots such as Group Captain John ‘Cats-Eyes’ Cunningham. Cunningham's nickname 'Cats Eyes' originated from him being credited with the highest number of ‘night kills’ in his Beaufighter. In reality, it was later revealed that his success was due to the Beaufighter’s secret Airborne Interception Radar, rather than exceptional night-vision. In flight the Beaufighter was a 'quiet' aircraft and some Germans soldiers called it the 'Silent Death Machine"... It was powered by two 1560Hp Bristol Hercules XI engines, later versions use the more powerful 1760 Hp Hercules XVII engine, Its maximum speed was 327mph

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Mackie Road, Filton, Gloucestershire.

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Harrier in the Bristol Aerospace Museum. March 2024

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My favourite exhibit at Aerospace Bristol has to be this teeny tiny wrench. At most it can only be two inches long. #aerospace #bristol #filton #museum #wrench #miniature (at Aerospace Bristol)

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Ron Moran. Cleaners at work on the prototype supersonic airliner Concorde 002 at the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) works at Filton, Bristol. 30th January 1967

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Can we talk about them again, please? 😂

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Arthur Fils & Ben Shelton | Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 🇨🇳

They lost but they had fun 🤗