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Produced Variants
Type 173 Mk.1
Two crew, 13 passenger tandem rotor civil transport
helicopter to Specification E.4/47 to meet the requirements of OR.251. Two 550 h.p. Alvis Leonides powerplants.
Type 173 Mk.2
As Mk.1 but featuring a revised landing gear, with castoring front wheels and
fixed rear wheels, and small stub wings at the front and rear, with fins on the aft wing tips.
Type 173 Mk.3
As Mk.2 without the stub wings but featuring four-bladed
rotors, a taller aft pylon and stronger airframes. The third machine, XE288, was intended for carrier trials at sea and
featured a shortened fuselage and long-stroke landing gear. Two 850 h.p. Alvis Leonides Major powerplants.
Type 191
Three crew, tandem rotor anti-submarine helicopter to Specification HR.146 to meet the requirements of NSR/NA.43.
Two 850 h.p. Alvis Leonides Major powerplants (prototypes) or 1,465 h.p. Napier Gazelles (production).
Type 192 Belvedere HC.1
Three crew, tandem rotor general purpose helicopter
to Specification HR.150 to meet the requirements of OR.325. Two 1,465 h.p. Napier Gazelles powerplants.
Projected Variants
Type 192C
Civil variant of the Type 192.
Type 192D
Military variant featuring a new larger
body.
Type 193
Three crew, tandem rotor Maritime Reconnaissance helicopter to Specification HR.149 to meet the requirements
of ASR.326. Two 850 h.p. Alvis Leonides Major powerplants.
1
prototype aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset. First flew 3 January 1952.
XF785
12871
Mk.1
1
Originally flown as G-ALBN; to XF785 under
contract 6/Acft/1597 for evaluation and test.
1
prototype aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset. First flew 31 August 1953.
XH379
12872
Mk.2
1
Originally flown as G-AMJI; to XH379 under
contract 6/Acft/1597 for evaluation and test.
3 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 6/Acft/7425. Only one machine flew, first flight 9 November 1956.
XE286
13204
Mk.3
3
Originally allocated civil registration
G-AMYF (Ntu).
XE287
13205
Originally allocated civil registration
G-AMYG (Ntu). Completed, not flown.
XE288
13206
Originally allocated civil registration
G-AMYH (Ntu). Completed, not flown. Later to G-AORB.
22
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 6/Acft/10839 and built at Old Mixon, Weston-super-Mare,
Somerset. Delivered between March 1959 and ???
XG447 - XG468
13342-13363
22
4 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 6/Acft/10842 and built at Old Mixon, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
Delivered between ??? and May 1962.
