Bristol Tourer
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A Bristol Tourer operated by Western Australian Airways
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Role | Civil utility aircraft |
Manufacturer | Bristol |
First flight | January 1919 |
The Bristol Tourer was a British civil utility
engines, subject to availability and customer desires; these included the Rolls-Royce Falcon, Siddeley Puma, Hispano-Suiza 8, and Wolseley Viper. Many Tourers were fitted with a canopy to cover the one or two passenger seats in the rear cockpit, giving the type its original name of Coupé. The pilot's cockpit
, however, remained open.
Bristol Tourers operated by
Perth and Geraldton
.
Variants
- Type 27
- First Tourers for the British Controller of Civil Aviation, fitted with Rolls-Royce Falcon engines and dual controls (3 built)
- Type 28
- Similar to Type 27 with canopy for rear seat
- Type 29
- Siddeley Puma-engined version for Bristol as company transport (2 built)
- Type 45 "Scandinavian Tourer"
- Similar to Type 29 with ski undercarriage.
- Type 47
- Three-seat version with open rear cockpit.
- Type 48
- Similar to Type 47 but built as floatplane.
- Type 81 "Puma Trainer"
- Similar to Type 29 modified as trainer (1 converted, 4 newly built)
- Type 81A
- Similar to Type 81 with revised undercarriage and empennage for Greek military (6 built)
- Type 86 "Greek Tourer"
- Similar to original Bristol Fighter and able to be armed for Greek Air Force(6 built)
- Type 86A
- Three-seat version of Type 86.
- Type 88 "Bulgarian Tourer"
- Powered by Wolseley Viper for Bulgarian Post Office, two aircraft were delivered in April 1924.
- Type 88A "Improved Bulgarian Tourer"
- With various modifications, three aircraft delivered in 1926.
Operators
- Western Australian Airways
- Bulgarian Air Force
- Bulgarian Post Office
- Greek Air Force
Specifications (Type 28)
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m)
- Height: 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
- Wing area: 407 sq ft (37.8 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,900 lb (850 kg)
- Gross weight: 3,000 lb (1,400 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siddeley Puma , 240 hp (179 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 mph (193 km/h, 100 kn)
- Range: 400 mi (644 km, 350 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,095 m)
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Anderson, Lennart (November–December 2019). "La renaissance de l'aviation militair bulgare dans les années vingt" [The Rebirth of Bulgarian Military Aviation in the Twenties]. Avions (in French) (232): 52–66. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Grant, James Ritchie. "Anti-Clockwise: Australia the Wrong Way". Air Enthusiast, No. 82, July–August 1999, pp. 60–63. ISSN 0143-5450
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 206.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 87.
- Thomas, Andrew. "In the Footsteps of Daedulus: Early Greek Naval Aviation". Air Enthusiast, No. 94, July–August 2001, pp. 8–9. ISSN 0143-5450
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bristol Tourer.
- "The "Bristol" Tourer". Flight. XI (45): 1452. 6 November 1919. No. 567. Retrieved 13 January 2011. Contemporary brief technical description of the Type 27 Tourer with photograph.
- "The "Bristol" Coupé". Flight. XI (43): 1390–1391. 23 October 1919. No. 565. Retrieved 13 January 2011. Contemporary technical description of the Type 28 (Coupé) with photographs.