Editing Brabazon Committee (section)

==Other aircraft==
Other aircraft were built as interim Brabazon types, plus some which were strictly not Brabazon types, but are often referred to as such. In some cases the Ministry would adopt a design by writing a specification for it. Some were built to the Brabazon specification in the hope of getting Ministry approval and finance, some were built totally as private ventures and others were contracted by the Ministry without reference to the Committee. The principal aircraft of note were:

* The [[Saunders-Roe Princess|Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] was not a Brabazon Committee recommendation as a Type I aircraft but was direct submission from the company which gained Ministry funding. At the time, BOAC still considered that there was a future for luxury travel by flying boat. Three aircraft were built but BOAC ceased flying boat operations in November 1950 before the first flight in August 1952. No use was found for the three aircraft but they were not scrapped until 1967.<ref name=Phipp70>Phipp, 2007, p.70</ref> 
* The [[Vickers VC.1 Viking]] was a private venture by Vickers of a new stressed-skin fuselage with wing of their [[Vickers Wellington|Wellington bomber]] to speed development. It was notionally a Type IIA aircraft for short haul European routes. It achieved good success in its forms as the Viking, [[Vickers Varsity|Varsity]] trainer and [[Vickers Valetta|Valetta]] transport with 588 aircraft made, principally for the Royal Air Force.<ref name=Phipp60>Phipp, 2007, pp.60-62</ref>
* The [[Bristol Freighter|Bristol 170 Freighter]] was a 1944 private venture for which the Ministry ordered two prototypes. Ultimately 214 were made and were used world-wide.<ref name=Barnes330>Barnes, 1964, pp.330-342</ref>