Bristol Gordon England Biplanes

Two seat, two bay equal-span tractor biplane, designed for easy ground transport. The design was an attempt to provide a sturdy military two-seater with wings which could be quickly detached to facilitate transport in an army column. The crew were accommodated side-by-side in a single cockpit, fitted with dual hand-wheel controls. Most of the structure was of spruce and the front of the square-section fuselage was plywood-covered. The empennage consisted of a small triangular tailplane and elevators mounted on top of the rectangular-section fuselage and elongated triangular fins above and below the fuselage with the unbalanced rudder mounted on the trailing edge. A sturdy undercarriage with a central skid gave good taxying qualities on rough ground and protected the large slow-running airscrew, which was driven at half-engine speed through a chain by a neatly installed 50 h.p. Clerget upright four-cylinder watercoo1ed engine, with a frontal radiator and hinged bonnet like a car.
In its original form, the lower wings passed below the fuselage but rested against the longerons. Later, fairings were added to blend the wings smoothly into the underside of the machine, the fin was removed and the rudder was modified in shape to resemble that of the later G.E.2, the area of the radiator at the nose was reduced, and wing-tip skids were added.

Specification
Span	Length	Height	Wing Area	Empty Wt	Max AUW	Cruise Speed	Maximum Speed	Range	Service Ceiling
33 ft 8 in	29 ft		320 sq ft				65 mph/ 56 kn
10.26 m	8.84 m		29.73 m2				105 km/h

An enlargement and refinement of the G.E.1. The fuselage was carried on the innermost pairs of interplane struts, so that there was a gap between the fuselage and the lower wing, and a shallow curved fairing was added to the top and bottom of the fuselage. The tailplane was enlarged and mounted in a mid-fuselage position. The first aircraft had a 100 hptwo-row Gnome powerplant direct-coupled to the propeller whilst the second had a 70 hp water-cooled Daimler-Mercedes engine, driving a chain driven four blade propeller through 2:1 reduction gears.

Specification
Span	Length	Height	Wing Area	Empty Wt	Max AUW	Cruise Speed	Maximum Speed	Range	Service Ceiling
40 ft	31 ft		400 sq ft	1080 lb	2000 lb		68 mph/ 59 kn
12.19 m	9.45 m		37.16 m2	490 kg	907 kg		109 km/h

Two seat tractor biplane, using wings and tail surfaces similar to the G.E.2 with a new fuselage faired to a circular cross-section and the crew in two tandem cockpits, with fuel and oil tanks sufficient for three hours flight between them. The tanks were pressurised by a wind-driven air pump under the fuselage and delivered fuel to a gravity tank in the decking between the cockpits. One 80 h.p. Gnome Lambda powerplant.

Specification
Span	Length	Height	Wing Area	Empty Wt	Max AUW	Cruise Speed	Maximum Speed	Range	Service Ceiling
39 ft	28 ft 5 in		387 sq ft	1096 lb	1996 lb		65 mph/ 56 kn
11.89 m	8.66 m		35.95 m2	497 kg	905 kg		105 km/h