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Bristol Prier Monoplanes

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Produced Variants

P.1 Single seat tractor monoplane with Blériot-type wing warping. 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
Single Seat School Advanced training development of the P.1. 35 h.p. Anzani powerplant.
Two Seat Tandem two seat development of the single seater. 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant
Prier-Dickson Improved two seater with longer fuselage and increased span. 70 h.p. Gnome powerplant
Two Seat (Side-by-Side) Side by side seating development of the Prier-Dickson.



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Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 3 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew July, 1911.
   46  P.1  1      Built for the 1911 Gordon Bennett Cup Race at Eastchurch but flew too late to compete.
             Later fitted with 35 h.p. Anzani powerplant.
   56, 57    2      Built for the 1911 Circuit of Britain competition
 2 aircraft converted by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1911 into Single-Seat School Type.
   46, 57  Single Seat School    (2)    
 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1911.
   58  Two Seat  1      
 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1911.
   68  Single Seat School  1      
 6 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, built as two-seater. Deliveries as indicated.
   71  Two Seat  1      Bristol demonstration machine.
   72    1      To the Spanish School of Military Aviation.
   73    1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill.
   74    1      Handed over to the Deutsche Bristol-Werke in March 1912.
 256  75    1      Ordered by the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. Delivered February 1912.
             Converted June 1912 to Prier-Dickson Type.
   76    1      To Italian Government, delivered April 1912.
 11 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1912. Types and deliveries as indicated.
   81  Single Seat School  1      To the Spanish School of Military Aviation, delivered April 1912.
   82  Prier-Dickson  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill; to the Spanish School of Military Aviation.
   83  Two Seat  1      To the Spanish School of Military Aviation, delivered April 1912. Crashed, replaced by c/n 82.
   84  Two Seat  1      To Italian Government, delivered June 1912.
   85  Prier-Dickson  1      To the German Government, delivered June 1912.
   86  Prier-Dickson  1      To the Turkish Government, delivered July 1912.
   87  Prier-Dickson  1      To the Bulgarian Government, delivered September 1912.
   88  Prier-Dickson  1      To the Turkish Government, delivered July 1912.
   89  Prier-Dickson  1      To Italian Government, delivered August 1912.
   90  Two Seat  1      To Italian Government, delivered September 1912.
 261  91  Prier-Dickson  1      Ordered by the RFC. Delivered August 1912.
 5 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1912. Types and deliveries as indicated.
   94  Two Seat  1      Largely a rebuild of c/n 71; to Bristol Flying School, Brooklands.
   95  Single Seat School  1      To Italian Government, delivered May 1912.
   96  Single Seat School  1      To Italian Government, delivered May 1912.
   97  Single Seat School  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill.
   98  Single Seat School  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill.
 7 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, in 1912. Types and deliveries as indicated.
   102  Single Seat School  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill in November 1912.
   107  Two Seat (S-by-S)  1      To the Deutsche Bristol-Werke in June 1912.
   108  Two Seat (S-by-S)  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill in October 1912.
   109  Two Seat (S-by-S)  1      To the Deutsche Bristol-Werke in December 1912 as spare airframe.
   130  Prier-Dickson  1      Crashed on test flight; rebuilt as c/n 155
   155  Prier-Dickson  1      To Bristol Flying School, Larkhill.
   156  Prier-Dickson  1      To Deutsche Bristol-Werke.
  Total Production   34 (3)    




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 P.1 3     3
 Single Seat School 7 (2)   9
 Two Seat 11     11
 Prier-Dickson 10 (1)   11
 Two Seat (Side-by-Side) 3     3
  34 (3) 0  

Production References
  1. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)

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