General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Non-ferrous metal rocket and support/ Wood base/ Felt lining under base

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

30.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Space science

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bristol

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

circa 1967+

Canada

Black Brant rockets were initially developed in the late 1950s by CARDE [Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment] for doing research in the upper atmosphere. Bristol Aerospace took over the Black Brant program in 1961 and turned it into a successful commercial program. This model came from Bill Smith, an electrical engineer who worked on payloads for the BB program from 1967-1969. Mr. Smith started apprenticing as an electrical engineer in 1944. He worked in London for Marconi's space program and British Atomic Energy. He came to WInnipeg in 1967 through the Manitoba Immigration program in conjunction with Bristol. In his work for the BB, he participated in many launches at Churchill and is pictured in this museum's exhibits on the BB. Following Bristol, he worked for AECL for seventeen years and then Canadian Astronautics.

Function

A promotional model for the Black Brant IV sounding rocket. It is a display model of this high altitude research or sounding rocket, designed to carry a payload of instruments for scientific experiments & observations into the upper atmosphere, from which readings were telemetered to earth.

Technical

The Black Brant IVB was a solid propellant, two stage rocket. The payload was 1.54 meters in length and could carry scientific instruments up to 38 Kg.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Labels on either side reads 'bristol aerospace limited/ A MEMBER OF THE BRISTOL GROUP' and 'BLACK BRANT IV' on either side of rocket

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Rocket body painted red with grey nose and tail/ Plated? stand/ Brown stained and coated wood/ Black? felt

Decoration

N/A