Bristol Buckmaster

Bristol Buckmaster

Infobox Aircraft
name= Type 166 Buckmaster


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type=Advanced trainer aircraft
manufacturer=Bristol Aeroplane Company
designer=
first flight=1944-10-27
introduced=1945
retired=
status=
produced=
number built=112
primary user=Royal Air Force
more users=
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=
The Bristol Buckmaster was an advanced British trainer aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the 1950s.

By 1945, there was a serious gap in performance between the so-called advanced trainers in use – such as the Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, dual-control Bristol Blenheim and Lockheed Hudson – and the combat aircraft which the pilots would be expected to fly on graduation.

The Bristol response to Air Ministry Specification T.13/43 was to make further use of the Buckingham wing, with another new fuselage, in an aircraft developed as the Type 166. The trainee and instructor were seated side-by-side with a wireless operator seated behind.

Development

The Buckmaster was a propeller-driven twin-engine midwing aircraft. The retractable undercarriage was of conventional (tailwheel) configuration. The radial engines were equipped with four-blade propellers.

Operators

;UK
*Royal Air Force

pecifications

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref=Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War IIRef Jane's|The Bristol 166 Buckmaster|113]
crew=3 (student pilot, instructor pilot, radio operator)
length main=46 ft 5 in
length alt=14.2 m
span main=71 ft 10 in
span alt=21.9 m
height main=17 ft 6 in
height alt=5.3 m
area main=708 ft²
area alt=65.8 m²
empty weight main=24,042 lb
empty weight alt=10,900 kg
loaded weight main=33,700 lb
loaded weight alt=15,280 kg
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
engine (prop)=Bristol Centaurus VII
type of prop=18-cylinder radial engines
number of props=2
power main=2,585 hp
power alt=1,880 kW
max speed main=352 mph
max speed alt=306 knots, 566 km/h
max speed more=at 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
cruise speed main=325 mph
cruise speed alt=282 knots, 530 km/h
cruise speed more=at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
range main=2,000 mi
range alt=1,700 nm, 3,200 km
ceiling main=30,000 ft
ceiling alt=9,000 m
climb rate main=2,245 ft/min
climb rate alt=11.3 m/s
loading main=47.6 lb/ft²
loading alt=232 kg/m²
power/mass main=0.153 hp/lb
power/mass alt=252 W/kg

References

ee also

aircontent
related=
*Bristol Buckingham
similar aircraft=
* Avro Anson
* Airspeed Oxford
* Bristol Blenheim
* Lockheed Hudson
lists=
* List of aircraft of the RAF


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