Bristol Braemar, Pullman and Tramp
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Type Description and Production Data
| Type 24 and 25 Braemar | Type 26 Pullman | Type 37 Tramp |
Braemar Variants
Type 24 Braemar I
Four seat triplane long range heavy bomber to meet Air Board Specification A.2(b). A three-bay, folding biplane, initial designs favoured a central engine room configuration with shaft-driven propellers in pairs. However, this was soon abandoned as too complex and the large four-engine triplane was eventually built with the power units installed in 'push-pull' pairs, mounted on the upper surface of the middle wing, each engine driving a right-handed two-blade propeller. The wings were slightly swept but with no stagger, the two upper wings being of equal span, and the lower slightly shorter, with horn-balanced ailerons fitted to the two upper wings. The fuselage had flat sides to facilitate construction, with spruce compression members locally reinforced with plywood and braced by swaged tie-rods, and was ply-covered except for the nose section. The crew comprised two pilots, a wireless operator, a flight engineer and two gunners (in the nose and amidships). The nose gunner, who doubled as bomb aimer, had a Scarff ring-mounting for twin .303 in Lewis guns. The fitting in the dorsal position was two transversely-moving pillar mountings for one Lewis gun each. There was, additionally, a ventral position with an inverted-bow mounting for a fifth Lewis gun. The bomb load, intended to amount to six 250 lb bombs, was carried in an internal fuselage bay. The four-wheel undercarriage featured pairs of tandem wheels, with a braking system, attached to mounting struts anchored to the lower fuselage longerons and the wing spars below the engines, this structure resulting in a very narrow track. Four 230 h.p. Siddeley Puma powerplants
Type 25 Braemer II
As Braemar I but fitted with four 400 h.p. Liberty powerplants.
| Type 25 Braemer II Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 81 ft 8 in | 51 ft 6 in | 20 ft | 1905 sq ft | 10650 lb | 18000 lb | 125 mph/ 109 kn | 1000 mi | 17000 ft | |
| 24.89 m | 15.7 m | 6.1 m | 176.98 m2 | 4831 kg | 8165 kg | 201 km/h | 1609 km | 5182 m | |
Production Details
| Serial Range | C/n | Type | Batch Qty |
Conv. | Canc'd | Notes |
| 3 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to Contract A.S.38907. First flew August 1918. The third aircraft was completed as the Pullman | ||||||
| C4296 | 3751 | Braemar I | 1 | First flew August 1918. | ||
| C4297 | 3752 | Braemar II | 1 | First flew February 1919. | ||
| C4298 | 3753 | Braemar II | 1 | Completed as the Pullman | ||
| Total Production | 2 | 1 | ||||
Type 26 Pullman
Passenger airliner featuring the wings and tailplane of the Braemar. The forward and centre fuselage formed a luxurious cabin, providing accommodation for 14 passengers in addition to the pilot and engineer, the latter occupying a fully gazed and enclosedcockpit in the extreme nose. The passenger cabin, 7 ft. in height, was divided into two by compartments for the main fuel tanks, with a narrow passage joining the six passenger forward cabin to the eight passenger aft. Access was via a door on the port side aft of the rear cabin. Large Triplex glass windows were provided for each passenger, along an adequate system of heating and electric lighting. Four 400 h.p. Liberty powerplants.
| Type 25 Braemer II Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 81 ft 8 in | 52 ft | 20 ft | 1905 sq ft | 11000 lb | 17750 lb | 100 mph/ 87 kn | 135 mph/ 117 kn | 15000 ft | |
| 24.89 m | 15.85 m | 6.1 m | 176.98 m2 | 4990 kg | 8051 kg | 161 km/h | 217 km/h | 4572 m | |
Production Details
| Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty |
Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | |
| 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to Contract A.S.38907. First flew May 1920. | ||||||
| C4298 | 3753 | 1 | Civil registration allocated G-EASP but never applied. | |||
| Total Production | 1 | |||||
Type 37 Tramp
'Spares Carrier' based on the Type 26 Pullman but featuring a central engine room derived from the Type 33 project, to meet Specification 1/20. Four 230 h.p. Siddeley Puma powerplants.
| Type 25 Braemer II Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 96 ft | 60 ft | 20 ft | 2284 sq ft | 12809 lb | 18795 lb | ||||
| 29.26 m | 18.29 m | 6.1 m | 212.19 m2 | 5810 kg | 8525 kg | ||||
Production Details
| Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty |
Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | |
| 2 aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to Contract 177844/20. Delivered between 1921 and 1923. | ||||||
| J6912 - J6913 | 5871-5872 | 2 | Completed but never flown. | |||
| Total Production | 2 | |||||
Projected Variants
- Type 33 Pullman
- Initially a 50 passenger enlarged version of the Type 26 featuring four 500 h.p. Siddeley Tiger powerplants in a central engine room, with transmission shafts driving two wing mounted propellors, it evolved into a 40 passenger aircraft with the four Tiger powerplants replaced by a single 1500 h.p. steam driven turbine.
Production Summary
All Aircraft By Type
| Type | Built New | Conv | Canc'd | Total |
| Type 24 Braemar I | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type 25 Braemer II | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type 26 Pullman | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type 37 Tramp | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | (0) | 0 |
Production References
- Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964, 1970 and 1988)
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Revised at Version 2.0.0- Improved Type Description and Added Specification details.