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Bristol Production

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Low Volume Production

This page covers (Company Name) aircraft with low production volumes and/or registration/serial allocations. For higher volume production, see the individual type production list.

Produced Types

1910 Glider
 		 Two seat biplane glider designed by George Challenger for company founder Sir George White to present to the Bristol and West of England Aero Club after he had been elected president of the club in October 1910.
1911 Racing Biplane
 		 Single-seat biplane designed to combine the performance of a monoplane but using the strength of the biplane. One 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
1911 Racing Monoplane
 		 Single seat monoplane featuring Blériot-style wing warping matched to an Antoinette style fuselage. One 50 h.p. Gnome powerplant.
1914 Hydro Biplane
 		 Two seat biplane seaplane, design of which was not finalised at time of cancellation. 200 h.p. Canton-Unné powerplant (but see note 1).
 
Type 13 M.R.1 Two seat all metal reconnaissance biplane. One 140 h.p. Hispano Suiza (first aircraft) or 180 h.p. Wolsley Viper powerplant.
Type 72 Racer Single seat racing monoplane. One 510 h.p. Bristol Jupiter powerplant.
Type 90 Berkeley Two seat day or night bomber to Specification 26/23. One 650 h.p. Rolls Royce Condor III powerplant.
Type 92
 		 Two seat biplane built to determines the differences between wind tunnel models and full scale for radial engine cowlings. One 450 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VI powerplant.
Type 95 Bagshot Three seat heavily armed monoplane fighter to Specification F.4/24. Three 450 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VI powerplants.
Type 101 Two seat single-bay biplane fighter of mixed construction. One 450 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VI powerplant.
Type 107 Bullpup Single seat unequal span single bay biplane fighter to Specification F.20/27. One 480 h.p. Bristol Mercury IIA powerplant.
Type 109 Two-seat biplane built for an attempt on the world distance record. One 480 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VIII piston powerplant.
Type 110A Four-passenger biplane aimed at the charter market, to Specification 19/28. One 220 h.p. Bristol Titan powerplant.
Type 174
 		 Single seat half scale flying model of the Type 172 to Specification E.8/47 to meet the requirements of O.R.250. One 5,500 lb thrust Rolls Royce Nene powerplant. Not built.
Type 182R
 		 Prototype of an unmanned short range expendable bomber to Specification UB.109T to meet the requirements of OR.1097. One Armstrong Siddeley Viper powerplant.
Type 198
 
 		 A number of variations for a Supersonic Transport Aircraft design were investigated under the generic Type 198. The final configuration seated 150 passengers, featured an ogival wing and six 22,000 ib.s.t. Bristol Olympus 591 powerplants. A smaller derivative, the BAC 223, eventually led to the BAC Concorde.



1910 Glider

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to the personal order of Sir George White for the Bristol and West of England Aero Club.  
 First flew December, 1910.
 none  none  
Total Production   1



1911 Racing Biplane

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew April 1911.
 33  none  
Total Production   1



1911 Racing Monoplane

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 2 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. Built in February 1911. Neither machine flew.
 35, 36  none  
Total Production   2



1914 Hydro Biplane

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. Cancelled September 1914.
 147, 148        2  
  Total Production     2  



Type 13 M.R.1

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 87/A/865. First flew October 1917.
 A5177-A5178 (see note 2)  2067-2068  2      A5177 delivered with wooden wings.
  Total Production 2      



Type 72 Racer

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew July 1922.
 6148  G-EBDR  Retained by Bristol.
Total Production   1



Type 90 Berkeley

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 3 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 445078/23. First flew March 1925.
 J7403 - J7405  6718-6720  3      
  Total Production 3      



Type 92

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew November 1925.
 6920   none  Retained by Bristol.
Total Production   1



Type 95 Bagshot

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 542526/24. First flew July 1927.
 J7767  7018  1      
  Total Production 1      



Type 101

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew August 1927.
 7019  G-EBOW  Retained by Bristol.
Total Production   1



Type 107 Bullpup

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 754492/27. First flew April 1928.
 J9051  7178  1      
  Total Production 1      



Type 109

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew September 1928.
 7268  G-EBZK  Retained by Bristol.
Total Production   1



Type 110A

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew September 1928.
 7348  G-AAFG  Retained by Bristol.
 7349    Not completed
Total Production   1
Total Production (Not Completed)   1



Type 174

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 6/Acft/1308. Cancelled.
 VX317, VX313        2  
  Total Production     2  



Type 182A

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. Cancelled.
 none  none      2  First prototype completed without engine, second prototype partially completed.
  Total Production     2  



Type 198

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C/n Initial Registration Notes
 Design study only by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, but a sequence number was provisionally allocated.
 13520   none  
Total (Not Built)   1



Notes
  1. Barnes [1] gives the Canton-Unné, but Sturtivant and Page [3] give 200 h.p. Salmson.
     
  2. A5177 was later re-serialed A58623. This unusual serial has never been explained but, as the airframe was used for structural testing, possibly the serial was associated with that.

Production References
  1. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
  2. Bristol Aeroplane Company, Derek N. James (Tempus, 2001)
  3. Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units, 1911-1919, Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page (Air-Britain Publications, 1992)
  4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/home.html
  5. British Secret Projects - Jet Bombers Since 1949, Tony Buttler (Midland Publishing, 2003) /
    British Secret Projects 2: Jet Bombers since 1949, Tony Buttler (Crecy, 2018)
  6. RAF Contracts - Air Britain Aeromilitaria, Various Issues (Air-Britain Publications)
  7. British Aircraft Specifications File, K.J. Meekcoms and E.B. Morgan (Air-Britain Publications, 1994)

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