- Bristol Buckmaster
Infobox Aircraft
name= Type 166 Buckmaster
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type=Advanced trainer aircraft
manufacturer=Bristol Aeroplane Company
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first flight=1944-10-27
introduced=1945
retired=
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produced=
number built=112
primary user=Royal Air Force
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variants with their own articles=The Bristol Buckmaster was an advanced Britishtrainer aircraft operated by theRoyal 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-controlBristol Blenheim andLockheed 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 newfuselage , 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
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*Royal Air Force pecifications
References
ee also
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*Bristol Buckingham
similar aircraft=
*Avro Anson
*Airspeed Oxford
*Bristol Blenheim
*Lockheed Hudson
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*List of aircraft of the RAF
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