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Bristol Aeroplane Company

1910: Founded by Sir George White, initially as the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company.

1920: Assets transferred to the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Ltd after British and Colonial were liquidated.

1960: The aircraft division merges with English Electric Aviation Limited, Hunting Aircraft and Vickers-Armstrongs to form the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), whilst their helicopter division merged with the helicopter divisions of Westland Aircraft, Fairey and Saunders-Roe to form Westland Helicopters.

Boxkite

First Flight:1910

2 seat trainer

G-ASPP (Replica) Shuttleworth Collection

SCOUT

First Flight:1914

Fighter

Model C

G-FDHB / 1264 Replica - RIAT 2016

Model D

A1742 Replica - Shuttleworth 2011

N5419 Replica - Fleet Air Arm Museum

M.1 Monoplane Scout

First flight: 1916

WWI Fighter

M.1c G-BWJM (Replica) - Shuttleworth Collection

M.1c G-BLWM (Replica) - RAF Museum Hendon

F.2b Fighter

First flight: 1916

WWI 2 seat fighter and reconnaissance biplane

E2581/13 RFC - Duxford Air Museum 2012

E2466 RFC - RAF Museum Hendon 2012

G-AEPH D8096 - Shuttleworth Collection

ZK-JNU / B1112/F replica - Avalon 2017

Type 105 Bulldog Mk.IIA

First flight: 1927

Fighter

K2227- RAF Museum Hendon 2012

Type 130 Bombay

First flight: 1935

transport

Model of L5808 displayed at the National Museum of the USAF 2022

Type 142M (Mk.I) / 160 (Mk.V) Blenheim

First flight: 1935

light bomber / fighter

MK.I G-BPIV RIAT 2015

Type 149 'Bolingbroke' (Blenheim Mk.IV)

First flight: 1939

light bomber / fighter for the Royal Canadian Air Force

Built under licence by Fairchild-Canada

L8756 RAF Museum Hendon

Type 152 Beaufort Mk.VIII

First flight: 1938

torpedo bomber

DD931 - RAF Museum Hendon

Type 156 Beaufighter

First flight: 1939

long-range heavy fighter

Mk.XI JM135 A19-144 - Duxford Air Museum

TFX RD253 - RAF Museum Hendon

Type 163 Buckingham

First Flight: 1943

medium bomber

Type 164 Brigand

First Flight: 1944

anti-shipping / ground attack / dive bomber

Type 166 Buckmaster

First Flight: 1944

advanced trainer

Type 170 Freighter / Wayfarer

First Flight: 1945

Cargo Freighter / Passenger Wayfarer

Type 170 Freighter Mk.21E A81-1 (ex- G-AIMI) RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Melbourne 2015

Type 170 Freighter Mk.31E ZK-CPT / cn 13126 (ex- G-AMRR / EC-HAI) Omaka Air Park 2017

Type 170 Superfreighter Mk 32

First Flight: 1953

Stretched version of the Freighter

Type 171 Sycamore

First flight: 1947

SAR and anti-submarine warfare helicopter

HR12 WV783 - RAF Museum Hendon

HR14 XJ918 - RAF Museum Cosford

Type 175 Britannia

First flight: 1952

Airliner / Transport

312 G-AOVT - Duxford Air Museum

312F G-AOVF - RAF Museum Cosford

Type 188

First flight:1962

high speed research aircraft

XF926 - RAF Museum Cosford

Type 192 Belvedere HC1

First flight:1958

Cargo

XG474 - RAF Museum Hendon 2012 - This variant was built by Westland Aircraft Ltd (Bristol Helicopter Division)

Other notable production aircraft

Prier monoplane (1911) - trainer / racing

Coanda Monoplanes (1912) - trainer

Gordon England GE1 / 2 / 3 (1912) - trainer biplane

TB.8 (1913) - trainer bi-plane

Badger (1919) - fighter / reconnaissance

Tourer (1919) - civil utility bi-plane

Babe (1919) - single-seat sport biplane

Bullet (1920) - racing biplane

Ten-Seater / Brandon (1921) - transport

Racer G-EBDR (1922) - Single-seat racing monoplane

Jupiter (1923) - fighter / trainer bi-plane

Primary Trainer (1923) - trainer bi-plane

Berkeley (1923) - bomber bi-plane

Brownie (1924) - light sports

Boarhound (1925) - army liaison

Type 99 Badminton (1926) - racing bi-plane

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