- Bristol Bullet
The Bristol Type 32 Bullet was a British biplane
racing aircraft . It was designed as a testbed and demonstrator aircraft for the company'sBristol Jupiter engine. It was a single seat aircraft with single bay wings with thin low drag aerofoils. It first flew in June 1920, being entered in theAerial Derby of July that year. Barnes 1964, p.151.]The Bullet performance at the 1920 Aerial Derby was disappointing, and the aircraft was subject to a series of modifications, including a new cowling and reducing the wing area. Thus modified, the aircraft demonstrated increased performance, finishing fourth in the 1921 Aerial Derby in an average speed of 141 mph (227 km/h) Barnes 1964, p.152.]
A more powerful 380 hp (283 kW) Jupiter II engine was fitted, and, piloted by
Rollo A. de Haga Haig , came in second place in the 1922 Aerial Derby at an average speed of 145 mph (233 km/h), beaten only by the Gloster Mars (which had also won the 1921 race James 1971, pp. 69-71.] The aircraft was scrapped in 1924.pecifications (Jupiter I engine)
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*Cite book |author=Barnes, C.H.|title=Bristol Aircraft Since 1910 |Edition =First Edition |publisher=Putnam |location= London|year=1964
*cite book |title= Gloster Aircraft since 1917|last=James |first=Derek N. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1971 |publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 00084 6 |pages= |url=
*cite book |last= Sharpe |first= Michael |title=Biplanes, Triplanes, an Seaplanes |year=2000 |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax Books |location=London |pages= 103|isbn=1-58663-300-7
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