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Bristol Types 118 and 120

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Produced Variants

Type 118
 
Two seat general purpose single-bay biplane with staggered and unequal-span wings. One 590 h.p. supercharged Bristol Jupiter XFA powerplant.
Type 118A Type 118 fitted with a 600 h.p. Bristol Mercury V powerplant.
Type 120
 
Type 118 fitted with a rotatable cupola over the gunner's cockpit, to Air Ministry Specification G.4/31. One 650 h.p. Bristol Pegasus I.M.3 powerplant.



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Types 118 and 118A

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Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft proposed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. One built; first flew January 1931.
 G-ABEZ  7561  Type 118  1      Initially flew under B conditions as R-3. Retained by Bristol.
   7562  Type 118A      1  Not built (but see Type 120).
 1 aircraft converted by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, and purchased by the Air Ministry to contract 174305/32. Delivered in February 1932.
 K2873  (7561)  Type 118A    (1)    Converted from Type 118. Later used as Pegasus PE-5SM tstbed.
  Total Production   1 (1) 1  

Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset. First flew January 1932, and later purchased by the Air Ministry to contract 240081/33. Delivered in April 1933.
 K3587  7562  1      Initially flew under B conditions as R-6. Airframe originally intended for the second Type 118.
  Total Production 1      




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Delivered New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Type 118 1     1
 Type 118A   (1) 1 2
 Type 120 1     1
  2 (1) 1  

Production References
  1. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
  2. TThe K File, The Royal Air Force of the 1930s, J.J. Halley (Air-Britain Publications, 1995)

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