Bristol Aeroplane Company — Aircraft & Engines: The Full Log

Bristol Aeroplane Company — Aircraft & Engines: The Full Log

The Bristol Aeroplane Company (BAC) was one of Britain's most prolific and technically ambitious aircraft manufacturers, active from 1910 through its absorption into the British Aircraft Corporation in 1960. From fragile pre-war biplanes to Cold War research jets and the engines that powered a generation of Allied aircraft, Bristol's legacy spans every era of powered flight. This reference log documents every known aircraft type and engine design attributed to the company.

UK Ministry of Defence Bristol Britannia at Filton, 1983
A UK Ministry of Defence Bristol Britannia makes a visit to the maker's factory at Filton in 1983. As a civil airliner it had flown for BOAC, British Eagle, and Air Spain.

Aircraft by Era

Pre-World War I

  • Bristol Boxkite
  • Bristol Glider
  • Bristol Racing Biplane
  • Bristol Biplane Type 'T'
  • Bristol Monoplane
  • Bristol Prier Monoplane — monoplanes designed by Pierre Prier
  • Bristol-Burney Seaplanes — hydroplanes built to ideas by Dennistoun Burney
  • Bristol Coanda Monoplanes — series of monoplane trainers designed by Henri Coandă from 1912
  • Bristol Gordon England Biplanes — series of biplanes designed by Eric Gordon England from 1912
  • Bristol B.R.7
  • Bristol Hydro No. 120
  • Bristol G.B.75 — derivative of TB.8 for Romania
  • Bristol T.B.8 — derivative of Bristol Coanda Monoplane as biplane
  • Bristol P.B.8
  • Bristol S.S.A. — armoured biplane scout for France; first flight 1914; one built

World War I

  • Bristol Types 1–5 Scout A–D
  • Bristol Type 6 T.T.A.
  • Bristol Type 7 F.3A
  • Bristol Type 8 S.2A
  • Bristol Types 10, 11, 20, and 77 M.1 Monoplane Scout
  • Bristol Types 12, 14–17, and 22 F.2 Fighter
  • Bristol Type 13 M.R.1
  • Bristol Type 18 Scout E
  • Bristol Type 21 Scout F

Inter-War

  • Bristol Type 23 Badger
  • Bristol Types 24 Braemar and 25 Braemar II — triplane heavy bomber; 2 built
  • Bristol Type 26 Pullman — passenger derivative of Braemar; 1 built
  • Bristol Types 27–29, 47, and 48 Tourer
  • Bristol Types 30 and 46 Babe
  • Bristol Type 31 Grampus — unbuilt passenger aircraft
  • Bristol Type 32 Bullet — biplane racer; one built
  • Bristol Type 36 Seely — short takeoff and slow landing speed competition entrant
  • Bristol Type 37 Tramp — steam-powered passenger derivative of Pullman; 2 built but not flown
  • Bristol Types 52 and 53 Bullfinch — convertible monoplane/biplane; prototypes only
  • Bristol Type 62 and 75 Ten-Seater and Type 79 Brandon
  • Bristol Type 72 Racer
  • Bristol Type 76 Jupiter Fighter — conversion of F.2 Fighter to use Jupiter engine
  • Bristol Type 73 Taxiplane and Type 83/183 Primary Trainer
  • Bristol Type 84 Bloodhound — two-seat reconnaissance/fighter; 4 prototypes built
  • Bristol Type 90 Berkeley
  • Bristol Type 91 Brownie
  • Bristol Type 92 'Laboratory' Biplane
  • Bristol Types 93 Boarhound and 93A Beaver
  • Bristol Type 95 Bagshot
  • Bristol Type 99 Badminton
  • Bristol Type 101
  • Bristol Type 105 Bulldog
  • Bristol Type 107 Bullpup
  • Bristol Type 109
  • Bristol Type 110A
  • Bristol Type 118
  • Bristol Type 120
  • Bristol Type 123
  • Bristol Type 130 Bombay — troop transport/medium bomber for use in the Middle East and India
  • Bristol Type 133
  • Bristol Type 138 — high-altitude monoplane research aircraft; 1 built
  • Bristol Type 142 'Britain First' — high-speed passenger aircraft
  • Bristol Type 143 — parallel development of Type 142 with Aquila engine
  • Bristol Type 146
  • Bristol Type 148
  • Bristol Types 142M, 149, and 160 Blenheim

World War II

  • Bristol Fairchild Type 149 Bolingbroke — licence-built Blenheim
  • Bristol Type 152 Beaufort — torpedo bomber
  • Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter — twin-engine fighter and torpedo bomber
  • Bristol Type 159 — four-engine heavy bomber; not built
  • Bristol Type 163 Buckingham — medium bomber
  • Bristol Type 164 Brigand
  • Bristol Type 166 Buckmaster

Post-World War II

  • Bristol Type 167 Brabazon — very large airliner; one built
  • Bristol Type 170 Freighter and Wayfarer
  • Bristol Superfreighter
  • Bristol Type 175 Britannia
  • Bristol Type 188 — high-speed research aircraft

Helicopters

  • Bristol Type 171 Sycamore
  • Bristol Type 173 — twin rotor
  • Bristol Type 192 Belvedere — twin rotor; designed as a general-purpose land-based helicopter for the Royal Air Force; twenty-six were built

Bristol Engine Designs

Original Piston Series

  • Cherub
  • Lucifer
  • Jupiter
  • Titan
  • Mercury
  • Neptune
  • Pegasus
  • Phoenix
  • Hydra

Sleeve-Valve Engines

  • Perseus
  • Aquila
  • Taurus
  • Hercules
  • Centaurus

Turbines

  • Theseus — turboprop with heat exchanger
  • Proteus — two-shaft turboprop
  • Olympus — two-spool turbojet
  • Orpheus — single-spool turbojet
  • Orion — two-shaft turboprop
  • Pegasus — two-spool vectored thrust turbofan
  • Cumulus — APU for TSR-2
  • Bristol Janus — small free-power turbine engine for Bristol Type 173 helicopter

Ramjet Types

  • BRJ.801
  • Thor
  • Odin

This reference log is maintained by Online Aviation Library as part of the British Aviation documentation series. Primary-source manuals, technical publications, and engineering documents for Bristol aircraft and engines are available in the British Aviation Collection.

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