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/*Some of these dates are going to need changing every year, like Easter*/
noteday=new Array(366)
noteday[1]="1958: Record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - Mexico City to New York in 5 hours 8 minutes non-stop; 1983: another record-breaking flight - A BA Concorde makes the fastest Trans-Atlantic crossing from west to east, New York to London was made by Concorde in 2 hrs 56 mins" //January 1st
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noteday[3]="1952: First flight of the Bristol Type 173 tandem rotor helicopter, at Filton... 2002: Fifty years later, the prototype 173 is delivered to the Bristol Aero Collection for preservation."
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noteday[8]="1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - New York to London in 7 hours, 44 minutes"
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noteday[14]="1976: British Airways receive their first Concorde, 206 G-BOAA"
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noteday[20]="1936: First flight of Bristol Type 143 eight passenger airliner, at Filton"
noteday[21]="1976: British Airways begin a London to Bahrain service using Concorde 206, G-BOAA"
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noteday[23]="1917: Samuel White becomes Chairman of British and Colonial"
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noteday[31]="1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - New York to Paris in 8 hours, 47 minutes"
noteday[32]="1957: The Bristol Britannia enters service with BOAC; 1990: British Aerospace signs a contract to convert a batch of 5 ex British Airways VC-10's to tankers for the RAF" //February 1st
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noteday[34]="1957: F/O John Greenwood Crossley flys his Filton-based Vampire under the Clifton Suspension Bridge - an manoeuvre which is strictly forbidden. He was killed instantly when the aircraft hit the Avon Gorge cliffs."
noteday[35]="1919: First Flight of Bristol F.2C Badger.... 1943: First flight of Bristol Type 163 Buckingham.... 1954: Second Brtiannia prototype force lands on the Severn mudflats after an engine fire."
noteday[36]="1940: A Bristol Blenheim is the first aircraft ever to perform a radar-controlled interception"
noteday[37]="1988: Concorde 206, G-BOAA, makes a record flight from New York to Heathrow in 2 hours 55 minutes 15 seconds"
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noteday[44]="1974: Concorde 202 G-BBDG, the second production Concorde, makes its first flight at Filton On the 1hr 45 mins flight to Fairford it reached supersonic speeds"
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noteday[50]="1910: British and Colonial Aeroplane Company incorporated"
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noteday[54]="1942: A Bristol Blenheim is the first RAF aircraft to sink a Japanese submarine"
noteday[55]="1941: First flight of the Bristol Type 160 Blenheim Mark V; 1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - Vancouver to London in 13 hours 57 minutes non-stop"
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noteday[58]="1975: The first British full production Concorde, 204 G-BOAC, makes its first flight at Filton"
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noteday[63]="1976: The first British Concorde, 002 G-BSST, is retired to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton"
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noteday[69]="1957: No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron disbands at Filton. The last type used was the Vampire"
noteday[70]="1940: A Bristol Blenheim becomes the first RAF aircraft to sink a German U-Boat"
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noteday[72]="1986: Filton-build space vehicle Giotto achieves its mission - a close flyby of Halley Comet."
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noteday[74]="1973: Concorde 01, G-AXDN, leaves Filton after modifications to near production standard"
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noteday[76]="1937: First delivery of a Bristol Blenheim to the RAF - to 114 Squadron at Wyton.... It was written off on landing at Wyton."
noteday[77]="1919: No. 101 Squadron RAF returns from France, and moves to Filton"
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noteday[84]="1970: Concorde 002 (first UK prototype, G-BSST) reaches Mach 1 for the first time"
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noteday[90]="1953: First Bristol 170 Mark 32 Superfreighter delivered to Silver City Airways"
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noteday[95]="1917: First offensive reconnaissance by Bristol F.2A, over Arras. 4 of the 6 were shot down"
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noteday[99]="1969: First flight of the first British Concorde, 002, from Filton. It landed at Fairford for further flight tests"
noteday[100]="2003: British Airways and Air France announce they are to retire their Concorde fleets within 6 months, ending 27 years of commericial supersonic flight"
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noteday[102]="1935: First flight of the Bristol Type 142 'Britain First', forerunner of the Blenheim"
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noteday[104]="1962: First flight of the Bristol Type 188 high speed research aircraft"
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noteday[110]="1979: The last production Concorde, 216 G-BFKX, makes its first flight at Filton, going supersonic in the same flight"
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noteday[115]="1949: The second Bristol Sycamore prototype becomes first british helicopter to recieve a certificate of airworthiness"
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noteday[117]="1994: First K Mark 4 tanker conversion of the VC-10 delivered to the Royal Air Force"
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noteday[119]="1963: First flight of the second Bristol Type 188 high speed research aircraft, XF926, now at Cosford"
noteday[120]="" //May 1st
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noteday[124]="1967: A Bristol 170 Freighter of Wardair is the first wheeled aircraft to land at the geographic North Pole, piloted by Don Braun"
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noteday[130]="1940: The first RAF sortie against Italy, by 26 Blenheim Mk.I's and Mk.IV's; 1946: 501 Squadron reforms at Filton"
noteday[131]="1936: First flight of the Bristol Type 138A high altitude aircraft, which set two world altitude records"
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noteday[148]="1994: Spitfire Mk.VIII MT928/G-BKMI makes its first post restoration flight at Filton"
noteday[149]="1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - San Francisco to London in 17 hours 6 minutes, with a stop at New York"
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noteday[152]="" //June 1st
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noteday[164]="1929: No. 501 Squadron forms at Filton as a special reserve unit"
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noteday[166]="1935: Bristol Aeroplane Company reorganised as a public liability company"
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noteday[173]="1982: First flight of the K Mark 2 tanker conversion of the VC-10 for the Royal Air Force"
noteday[174]="1946: First flight of second prototype Bristol 170, G-AGVC"
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noteday[176]="1936: First flight of the Bristol Type 142M Blenheim Mark I"
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noteday[180]="1957: A Bristol Britannia makes the first ever non-stop flight from London to the Pacific coast of Canada"
noteday[181]="1937: Bristol Type 138A sets world altitude record of 51,364 feet"
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noteday[183]="1985: The Filton-built space vehicle Giotto was launched from French Guiana in an Ariane 1 rocket."
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noteday[185]="1984: First flight of the K Mark 3 tanker conversion of the VC-10 for the Royal Air Force"
noteday[186]="1958: First flight of the Bristol Type 192, later named the Belvedere, at Weston-super-Mare"
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noteday[195]="1916: First Flight of Bristol M.1A monoplane"
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noteday[197]="1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - Amsterdam to Vancouver in 13 hours 53 minutes"
noteday[198]="1939: First flight of Bristol Beaufighter"
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noteday[202]="1958 Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - London to Montreal in 8 hours 57 minutes"
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noteday[204]="1940: A Blenheim has the first ever successful interception using air-to-air radar"
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noteday[206]="2000: Air France Concorde F-BTSC crashes on take-off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, killing all 100 passengers and 9 crew, and 4 on the ground"
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noteday[208]="1947: First flight of the Bristol Type 171 helicopter, later named the Sycamore"
noteday[209]="1949: BOAC places the launch order for the Bristol Britannias, for 25"
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noteday[211]="1910: First flight of the Bristol Boxkite, at Larkhill, by Edmond; 1993: First flight of K Mark 4 VC-10 tanker conversion"
noteday[212]="1956: First flight of the stretched Bristol Britannia Series 300"
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noteday[214]="1938: Frank Barnwell, designer of the Bristol Scout, F2B, Bulldog, Bombay, 'Britain First', Blenheim and Beaufort, is killed when his own aircraft crashes at Whitchurch"
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noteday[222]="1972: Concorde 01, G-AXDN, returns to Filton for a ground programme to bring it up to near production standard, notably the installation of the Olympus 593 Mk 602 engines"
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noteday[225]="1918: First flight of the Bristol Braemar four-engined bomber"
noteday[226]="1989: Three 'time-to-climb' VTOL world records set at Filton, in a Harrier GR5. Andy Sephton set two records, and H. Frick set one. All records still stand. Andy Sephton is now the chief pilot with the Shuttleworth Collection."
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noteday[228]="1952: First flight of the Bristol Type 175 Britannia four-engined airliner"
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noteday[244]="1939: Blenheim becomes first aircraft to 1,000 deliveries under pre-war RAF expansion scheme" //September 1st
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noteday[246]="1939: A Blenheim of 139 Squadron is the first British sortie of the Second World War against Germany. 1949: First flight of Mk.2 version of Sycamore helicopter"
noteday[247]="1939: 5 Blenheims operate the first bombing mission of the Second World War. 1949: First flight of the Bristol Type 167 Brabazon"
noteday[248]="1954: Maiden flight of first production Bristol Britannia, G-ANBA"
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noteday[258]="1946: First flight of fourth prototype Bristol 170 (G-AGUT)"
noteday[259]="1932: Bristols test pilot Cyril Uwins achieves world altitude record of 43,976ft in a Vickers Vespa flown from Filton"
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noteday[262]="1971: The first pre-production Concorde, G-AXDN, rolled out at Filton"
noteday[263]="1958: Another record-breaking flight by the Bristol Britannia - Tokyo to Vancouver in 11 hours 44 minutes non-stop"
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noteday[267]="1937: First Flight of Mark IV version of the Blenheim"
noteday[268]="1940: Lufwaffe He111's drop 100 tons of high exposives and 40 tons of oil bombs on the Filton factory, killing or injuring up to 250 people. This is the largest raid on Filton"
noteday[269]="1940: Hurricanes of No. 504 Squadron RAF arrive at Filton, following the massive Luftwaffe attack on the factory on the previous day"
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noteday[271]="1936: The Bristol Type 138A achieves world altitude record on a flight from Farnborough"
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noteday[284]="1919: No 101 Squadron moves out to Eastleigh"
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noteday[286]="1958: First flight of the military variant of the Britannia, the model 253, registered G-APPE"
noteday[287]="1997: The last flight of a Britannia - EL-WXA makes a low pass at Filton en route to its new home at Kemble, from Lansera in South Africa"
noteday[288]="1938: First flight of the Bristol Beaufort"
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noteday[297]="1935: RAF places its first order for the Bristol Blenheim; 2003: Last ever commercial Concorde flight - BA002 from New York to London"
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noteday[307]="1915: A Bristol Scout C becomes the first aicraft ever to take off from a ship"
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noteday[310]="1957: Britannia G-ANCA crashes at Downend, Bristol, during a test flight, killing all 15 crew and technicians on board."
noteday[311]="2001: Concorde resumes passenger services from London and Paris to New York, following a series of modifications after the Paris accident"
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noteday[316]="1970: Concorde 002 (first UK prototype, G-BSST) reaches Mach 2 for the first time"
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noteday[322]="1918: a Filton-built Bristol F.2B reaches 29,000 ft over Dayton, Ohio and unofficially breaks the world altitude record"
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noteday[326]="1916: Sir George White, founder of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, dies"
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noteday[330]="2003: Final flight of Concorde. G-BOAF, the last Concorde built, arrives at Filton for preservation."
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noteday[334]="1960: The last Britannia to leave Filton, first prototype G-ALBO, flies out to Saint Athan to become an instructional airframe"
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noteday[336]="1945: First flight of the Bristol Type 170 Freighter"
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noteday[338]="1944: First flight of the Bristol Brigand"
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noteday[346]="1918: First flight across the Andes, made by a Filton-built Bristol M.1C"
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noteday[351]="1910: First flight of the Bristol Glider, from Keynsham; 1971: The first flight of first pre-production Concorde, G-AXDN"
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noteday[353]="1957: A Bristol Britannia makes the first non-stop flight from New York to Tel Aviv, setting a civil aircraft distance record of 6,100 miles. On the same day, BOAC introduced the Britannia on the London-New York route"
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noteday[362]="1963: The Bristol name finally goes, becoming British Aircraft Corporation (Filton Dvision)"
noteday[363]="1958: First flight of Bristol Britania model 253... the variant ordered by the RAF, with designation C Mk.1"
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function dodate()
{
today = new Date()
daynum = new Date("December 31, 2001 00:00:01")
daysGone = (today.getTime() - daynum.getTime()) / 86400000
daysGone = Math.floor(daysGone)
daysGone = daysGone - 1
if (daysGone>365){daysGone=daysGone%365};
thatday=noteday[daysGone]
if (thatday!=""){document.write("On this day in Filtons history.... "+thatday+"<br>")};
}

function writeDate()
{
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
today = new Date()
var tMonth = today.getMonth();
var tDay = today.getDate();
var tYear = today.getYear();
var ThNdRd = 'th' //variable that is set for subscript value
if (tDay == 1 || tDay == 21 || tDay == 31)
   ThNdRd = 'st';
if (tDay == 2 || tDay == 22)
   ThNdRd = 'nd';
if (tDay == 3 || tDay == 23)
   ThNdRd = 'rd';
document.writeln(tDay + '&nbsp;' + months[tMonth] + '&nbsp;' + tYear);
}