Bristol Bulldog
| Bristol Bulldog | |
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_(16694450863).jpg) a Bristol Bulldog in the Royal Air Force Museum |
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| Type: | single-seat biplane, interceptor |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
May 17, 1927 |
| Commissioning: |
June 1929 |
| Production time: |
1927-1935 |
| Number of pieces: |
312 fighters |
The Bristol Bulldog was a biplane - fighter aircraft of the British manufacturer Bristol Airplane Company , which was produced between the two world wars.
history
From June 1929 to 1939 the aircraft were used almost exclusively in England. The only foreign use of these machines was during the Abyssinian War in 1935. It was considered a very difficult machine to fly. In the IIA version (from October 1930) improvements were made to the chassis, the rudder and the tail wheel chassis .
Incidents
During the service life of this type of aircraft, there were 102 accidents with a total of 25 deaths.
production
Approval of the Bristol Bulldog by the RAF:
| version | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prototype | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Mk.II | 25th | 25th | |||||||
| Mk.IIA | 44 | 151 | 54 | 28 | 277 | ||||
| Trainer | 2 | 25th | 21st | 11 | 59 | ||||
| Mk.IV | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Static Airframe Stainless Steel | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| total | 1 | 25th | 44 | 151 | 56 | 53 | 22nd | 18th | 364 |
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| length | 7.62 m |
| span | 10.34 m |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1509 kg |
| Top speed | 280 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 27,000 feet (8,230 meters) |
| Range | 475 km |
| Engines | an air-cooled Bristol Jupiter VIIIF star engine with an output of 490 kW (approx. 670 hp ) |
| Armament | two 7.7 mm Vickers machine guns in the bow |
| particularities | first version from 1929–1939 without tail landing gear |
literature
- CH Barnes: Bristol Aircraft since 1910 , Putnam, 1964, pp. 211-231, ISBN 0-85177-823-2
- Owen Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 , Putnam, 1957, 6th edition 1976, pp. 127-129, ISBN 0-370-10056-5
- Susan Harris: Encyclopedia of Aircraft - Technology, Models, Data , Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Augsburg 1994, p. 74, ISBN 3-89350-055-3 .
Web links
Commons : Bristol Bulldog - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of accidents involving the Bristol Bulldog Aviation Safety Network , accessed December 27, 2018.
- ↑ Halley, James J .: The K File. The Royal Air Force of the 1930s, Tunbridge Wells, 1995, pp. 146 ff .; Thompson, Dennis: Royal Air Force Aircraft J1-J9999, Tonbridge 1987