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Bristol Types 146, 147 and 148

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Produced Variants

Type 146
 		 Single-seat, all metal eight-gun fighter monoplane to Specification F.5/34 to meet the requirements of OR.14. One 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury IX powerplant.
Type 148
 
 		 Two-seat, all metal low-wing monoplane army co-operation aircraft to Specification A.39/34 to meet the requirements of OR.18 and utilising many Type 146 components. Initially one 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury IX powerplant, later fitted with the 905 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII.
Type 148B Type 148 fitted with the 1050 h.p. Bristol Taurus II powerplant.


Projected Variants

Type 147
 		 Two-seat, all metal turret fighter monoplane to Specification F.9/35 to meet the requirements of OR.20 and featuring the same wing, undercarriage and tail unit as the Type 148. One Bristol Perseus powerplant.
Type 147A As Type 147 but featuring a Bristol Hercules powerplant.
Type 148A Type 148 modified as a test bed for the Bristol Hercules powerplant.


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Type 146
Type 148

Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 395998/35. First flew February 1938.
 K5119  7841  1      
 K8088  7842      1  Cancelled
  Total Production 1   1  

Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to contract 415935/35. First flew October 1937.
 K6551 - K6552  7843-7844  148  2      K6552 completed as the Type 148B. K6551 fitted with Bristol Perseus XII in 1938.
   8167  148A      1  Canceled
 (K6552)  (7844)  148B    (1)    Rebuild of Type 148. First flew in May 1938.
  Total Production 2 (1) 1  



Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Type 146 1   1 2
 Type 148 2     2
 Type 148A     1 1
 Type 148B   (1)   (1)
  3 (1) 2  

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

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