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Bristol Babe
For a description of the format and data included in
Production Tables, see here.
Produced Variants
| Type 30 Babe Mk.I | Single seat touring biplane. Originally to be powered by the 60 h.p. ABC Gadfly,
it was fitted with a 45 h.p. Viale powerplant. | | Type
46 Babe Mk.II | As the Type
30 Babe Mk.I but fitted with a 40 h.p. Siddeley Ounce powerplant. | | Type 46A Babe Mk.III | As
the Type 30 Babe Mk.I but fitted with a 60 h.p. Le Rhône powerplant. | | Type 46B Babe Monoplane | Low
wing cantilever monoplane conversion of the Mk.III. |
| C/n |
Initial Registration |
Type |
Notes |
| 3 aircraft
built new by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset. First flew November 1919. |
|
5865 |
none |
Babe Mk.1 |
Not flown; converted to Mk.III |
|
5866 |
none |
Babe Mk.1 |
Converted to Mk.III |
|
5875 |
none |
Babe Mk.II |
Not flown. |
|
(5865) |
G-EASQ |
Babe Mk.III |
Converted from Babe Mk.I |
|
(5866) |
G-EAQD |
Babe Mk.III |
Converted from Babe Mk.I |
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(5865) |
G-EASQ |
Monoplane |
Converted from Babe Mk.III; not flown. |
| Total Production (New Built,Flown)
1 |
| Total Production (New Built, Not Flown)
2 |
| Total Production (Conversions)
(3) |
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| Type |
Built New |
Conv. |
Canc'd |
Total |
| Type 30
Babe Mk.I |
2 |
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2 |
| Type 46 Babe Mk.II |
1 |
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1 |
| Type 46A Babe Mk.III |
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(2) |
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2 |
| Type 46B Babe Monoplane |
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(1) |
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1 |
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3 |
(3) |
0 |
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Production References - Bristol Aircraft
Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
- British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1928, Peter
W. Moss (Air Britain Publications, 1969)
V1.4.4 Created by Roger Moss. Last updated August 2020 |
