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The Bristol Tourer was a British civil utility biplane produced in the years following the First World War, using as much as possible from the design of the Bristol Fighter aircraft. Bristol Tourers were delivered with a variety of engines, subject to availability and customer desires; these included the Rolls-Royce Falcon, Siddeley Puma, Hispano-Suiza 8, and Wolseley Viper. Many Tourers were fitted with a canopy to cover the one or two passenger seats in the rear cockpit, giving the type its original name of Coupé. The pilot's cockpit, however, remained open.

Tourer
A Bristol Tourer operated by Western Australian Airways
Role	Civil utility aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Bristol
First flight	January 1919

Bristol Tourers operated by Western Australian Airways made the first scheduled airline services in Australia, commencing on 4 December 1921 between Perth and Geraldton.

Variants

Type 27

First Tourers for the British Controller of Civil Aviation, fitted with Rolls-Royce Falcon engines and dual controls (3 built)

Type 28

Similar to Type 27 with canopy for rear seat

Type 29

Siddeley Puma-engined version for Bristol as company transport (2 built)

Type 45 "Scandinavian Tourer"

Similar to Type 29 with ski undercarriage.

Type 47

Three-seat version with open rear cockpit.

Type 48

Similar to Type 47 but built as floatplane.

Type 81 "Puma Trainer"

Similar to Type 29 modified as trainer (1 converted, 4 newly built)

Type 81A

Similar to Type 81 with revised undercarriage and empennage for Greek military (6 built)

Type 86 "Greek Tourer"

Similar to original Bristol Fighter and able to be armed for Greek Air Force (6 built)

Type 88 "Bulgarian Tourer"

Powered by Wolseley Viper for Bulgarian Post Office, two aircraft were delivered in April 1924.

Type 88A "Improved Bulgarian Tourer"

With various modifications, three aircraft delivered in 1926.

Operators

 Australia

• Western Australian Airways

 Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force
• Bulgarian Post Office

 Chile

• Chilean Air Force

 Greece

• Greek Air Force

Specifications (Type 28)

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
• Wingspan: 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m)
• Height: 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
• Wing area: 407 sq ft (37.8 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,900 lb (850 kg)
• Gross weight: 3,000 lb (1,400 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Siddeley Puma , 240 hp (179 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 120 mph (193 km/h, 100 kn)
• Range: 400 mi (644 km, 350 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,095 m)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Anderson, Lennart (November–December 2019). "La renaissance de l'aviation militair bulgare dans les années vingt" [The Rebirth of Bulgarian Military Aviation in the Twenties]. Avions (in French) (232): 52–66. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Grant, James Ritchie. "Anti-Clockwise: Australia the Wrong Way". Air Enthusiast, No. 82, July–August 1999, pp. 60–63. ISSN 0143-5450
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 206.
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 87.
• Thomas, Andrew. "In the Footsteps of Daedulus: Early Greek Naval Aviation". Air Enthusiast, No. 94, July–August 2001, pp. 8–9. ISSN 0143-5450

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bristol Tourer.

• "The "Bristol" Tourer". Flight. XI (45): 1452. 6 November 1919. No. 567. Retrieved 13 January 2011. Contemporary brief technical description of the Type 27 Tourer with photograph.
• "The "Bristol" Coupé". Flight. XI (43): 1390–1391. 23 October 1919. No. 565. Retrieved 13 January 2011. Contemporary technical description of the Type 28 (Coupé) with photographs.

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Die Bristol Tourer war ein ziviles, als Doppeldecker ausgelegtes Mehrzweckflugzeug des britischen Herstellers British and Colonial Aeroplane Company mit zwei oder drei Sitzen. Es entstand in den Jahren nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg unter Verwendung vieler Bauteile der Bristol Fighter. Der Erstflug fand 1919 statt.

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[fr] Bristol Tourer

Le Bristol Tourer est un biplan civil utilitaire britannique produit après la Première Guerre mondiale, en utilisant comme base le Bristol Fighter. Les Bristol Tourer sont livrés avec différents moteurs, en fonction de leur disponibilité et des souhaits des clients, notamment le Rolls-Royce Falcon (en), le Siddeley Puma, le Hispano-Suiza V8 et le Wolseley Viper (en). De nombreux Tourer sont équipés d'une verrière pour couvrir le ou les deux sièges passagers dans le cockpit arrière, ce qui donne au type son nom original de Coupé. Le cockpit du pilote reste toutefois ouvert

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