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Produced Variants
Standard
Two seat two-bay pusher biplane based on the Farman III, with an elevator carried on booms in front of the wings
and an empennage consisting of a pair of fixed horizontal stabilisers, the upper bearing an elevator, and a pair of rudders
carried on booms behind the wing. Various powerplants as indicated and some aircraft featured extended upper wings.
Military
As standard
model but fitted with enlarged fuel tanks and triple rudders. Various powerplants as indicated.
Exhibition
As standard model with enclosed nacelles and increased span. One 70 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
Racer
As Standard with reduced span wings and a small, single seat nacelle.
Modified Exhibition
As Exhibition Type
withlongitudinal tanks and a push-pull handwheel control replacing the control stick. One 70 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
Voisin
Standard type modified by Gabriel Voisin using
standard wings but with reduced gap and the front elevator and booms deleted.. A single large rudder replaced the normal
biplane unit.
2
demonstration aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company,
Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew 30 July, 1910. Later used by the
Bristol Flying Schools.
7
Standard
2
Initially powered by 50 h.p. Gregoire, later
50 h.p. Gnome.
8
Powered by 50 h.p. ENV and featured double
surface wing fabric.
5 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in 1910 for use by the Bristol Flying Schools.
9, 11, 14-16
Standard
5
No. 16 featured upper wing extensions and 60
h.p. ENV powerplant.
2 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for sales missions to Australia and India. Arrived in December
1910.
10, 12
Standard
2
No. 12 featured upper wing extensions.
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, and supplied to Oscar Morison in late 1910.
12A
Standard
1
11
aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton,
Bristol, Somerset for Russia, against an order for 8. Delivered in April 1911
17-19
Military
3
All fitted with 50 h.p. Gnome. C/n 17
destroyed before delivery and
replaced.
C/ns 18 an 19 returned and replaced by c/ns
26 and 30.
20-25, 26, 30
8
All fitted with 60 h.p. Gnome.
2 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, and supplied to Joseph Christiaens, Belgium, for flying displays in
1911.
27, 28
Standard
2
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in February 1911 for use by the Bristol Flying Schools.
29
Standard
1
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in early 1911 for exhibition purposes.
31
Exhibition
1
Exhibited in Olympia in March 1911
32
1
Exhibited in St. Petersburg, Russia in April
1911. Sold to Russia.
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, and supplied to Oscar Morison.
34
Standard
1
4 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to a War Office contract. Delivered between May and August 1911
F4, F5
37, 38
Military
4
50 h.p. Gnome; F7 & F8 later reserialled
408 and 407 respectively
F6, F9 (See note 2)
39, 45 (? See note 1)
60 h.p. Renault
4 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to a War Office contract. Delivered in August 1911
F7, F8 (see note 2)
48, 49
Military
4
50 h.p. Gnome; F7 & F8 later reserialled
408 and 407 respectively
40, 41
Engineless spare airframes
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in late 1911 for use by the Bristol Flying Schools.
43
Standard
1
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for Maurice Tetard fto compete in the Circuit de l'Europe. First
flew May 1911.
44
Racer
1
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in late 1911 for a demonstration tour in France in September 1911.
47
Standard
1
Subsequently sold to the Bulgarian
Government
2 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset. Supplied to Spain in late 1911.
60, 79
Modified
2
Built as a demonstrator for Spain and
subsequently purchased by the Spanish Government.
Exhibition
C/n 79 supplied as an engineless airframe
and fitted with a 70 h.p. Gnome in Spain.
7 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, in late 1911/1912 for unknown customer(s).
55, 61-66
Standard
7
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for unknown customer.
67
Military
1
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset . Delivered in November 1911.
69
Voisin
1
Redesigned machine by Gabriel Voisin. To
Larkhill, February 1912 for comparison trials.
Subsequently reverted to Standard Type.
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for unknown customer.
93
Military
1
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the R.N.A.S. Delivered in October 1912.
24
99
Military
1
7 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for unknown customer(s).
119, 124-129
Military
7
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Central Flying School of the Australian Flying Corps.
Delivered March 1913.
CFS3
133
Military
1
5 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for unknown customer(s).
134-138
Military
5
1 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the R.N.A.S. Delivered in February 1913.
35
139
Military
1
70 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
2 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for unknown customer(s).
179, 180
Military
2
6 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset. Four, and possibly all six, for use by the Bristol Flying Schools.
203, 204, 207, 222, 226,
Military
6
203, 204, 226, 347 were impressed from the
Bristol Flying School, Brooklands, and given
347
serials 640, 641, 657 and possibly 718,
order unknown.
6 aircraft
built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Brislington, Somerset,
for the R.N.A.S. to contract C.P.5603/14. Delivered between October and
December 1914.
942 - 947
394-399
Military
6
12
aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Brislington,
Somerset, for the R.N.A.S. to contract C.P.5603/15. Delivered between
September 1915 and January 1916.
Per Bruce [3], 'This
Renault Boxkite was previously believed to be No.42, but it is now known that that Bristol sequence number belonged to the
first Bristol Type T'. The indication here that it is No. 45 is an assumption by this author, but one that fits well
with the allocation of sequence numbers.
Although Nos 45 (but see note 1), 48 and 49 are known to have
serials F7 to F9, the precise relationship between sequence number and serial is unknown.
Per Bruce
[3], this last production block had hitherto been wrongly identified as Bristol T.B.8s, consequently most reference sources
quote a production total of 78 machines.
Although indicated new, many Boxkites were rebuilds of earlier
machines, given new sequence numbers.
Production References
Bristol Aircraft
Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
Bristol Aeroplane Company, Derek N. James (Tempus,
2001)
Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps, The, J.M. Bruce (Putnam, 1982)