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The Bristol Type 99 Badminton was a 1920s British single-seat racing biplane built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and designed by F.S. Barnwell.[1]

Type 99 Badminton
Role Racing biplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
Designer F.S. Barnwell
First flight 5 May 1926
Number built 1

Design and development


The Badminton was a single-seat single-engine equal-span biplane, it was made from wood and metal with fabric covering.[1] It had a conventional tailskid landing gear and the nose-mounted engine was a 510 hp (380 kW) Bristol Jupiter VI.[1] Only one aircraft was built, registered G-EBMK, and it first flew at Filton Aerodrome on 5 May 1926.[1] It was entered into the 1926 King's Cup Race but it forced-landed with a fuel feed problem.[1] In 1927, the aircraft was rebuilt as the Type 99A with new wide-span tapered wings, a raised centre section and wide-chord interplane struts.[2] It was powered by an uncowled (525 hp) (392 kW) Bristol Jupiter VI engine.[2] It gained a certificate of airworthiness on 26 July 1927, but had a fatal crash at Filton two days later (28 July) after an engine failure on takeoff.[2]


Variants


Type 99
1926 single-seat racing biplane, one built.[1]
Type 99A
Type 99 modified in 1927.[2]

Specifications (Type 99)


Bristol Badminton 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.19
Bristol Badminton 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.19

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance


Notes


  1. Jackson 1973, page 308
  2. Jackson 1973, page 309

References





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