Bristol Tourer

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Bristol Tourer
Western Australian Airways Bristol Tourer
Type: Multipurpose aircraft
Design country:

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Manufacturer:

British and Colonial Airplane Company

First flight:

1919

Number of pieces:

33

The Bristol Tourer was a civilian, as a double-decker been deliberate multi-purpose aircraft of the British manufacturer British and Colonial Airplane Company with two or three seats. It was created in the years after the First World War using many components of the Bristol Fighter . The first flight took place in 1919.

construction

The tourer was delivered with a variety of engines and adapted to the respective customer requirements. The engines included the Rolls-Royce Falcon , Siddeley Puma , Hispano-Suiza 8 and Wolseley Viper . The pilot and one or two passengers seated next to each other found space in an open cockpit. On some models, a convertible top was installed over the passenger seats; they were given the name Coupé .

use

Among the users of the Bristol Tourer was the airline Western Australian Airways , which carried out its first scheduled flights between Perth and Geraldton with this model in December 1921 .

Versions

  • Type 27 - two-seater original variant with Rolls-Royce-Falcon engine, three aircraft
  • Type 28 - Type 27 with hood over the rear seat
  • Type 29 - version with Siddeley Puma engines, used as a company aircraft, two aircraft
  • Type 45 Scandinavian Tourer - Type 29 with snow runners
  • Type 47 - three-seater version
  • Type 48 - Type 47 with floats
  • Type 81 Puma Trainer - training version of Type 29 (one conversion, four new builds)
    • Type 81A - Type 81 with modified landing gear and tail unit for the Greek armed forces, six aircraft
  • Type 86 Greek Tourer - the Bristol Fighter corresponding version for the Greek armed forces, could be armed with six aircraft
  • Type 88 Bulgarian Tourer - Version for the Bulgarian Post with a Wolseley Viper drive, four aircraft

Military use

Bulgaria 1946Bulgaria Bulgaria
ChileChile Chile
First Hellenic RepublicFirst Hellenic Republic Greece

Technical data (Type 28)

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 1
length 7.95 m
span 12.01 m
height 3.07 m
Wing area 37.8 m²
Empty weight 860 kg
Takeoff weight 1,360 kg
Top speed 193 km / h
Service ceiling 6,100 m
Range 640 km
Engines a six-cylinder in-line Siddeley Puma engine with 179 kW

See also

literature

  • Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions, London 1989, p. 206.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. File 890 Sheet 87, Bright Star Publishing, London.

Web links

Commons : Bristol Tourer  - collection of images, videos and audio files