Bristol Glider

Short description: British two-seat glider, 1910

Bristol Glider

General information
Type| Biplane glider
National origin| United Kingdom
Manufacturer| British & Colonial Aeroplane Company
Designer|

George Challenger

Number built| 1
History
First flight| 17 December 1910

The Bristol Glider was an early British two-seat biplane glider designed in 1910s by George Challenger and built by the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company at Filton Aerodrome, Bristol.[1]

Challenger was chief engineer of the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company and he designed the glider for Sir George White the company founder.[1] White had the glider built to present to the Bristol and West of England Aero Club after he had been elected president of the club in October 1910.[1]

Challenger had previously designed the Bristol Boxkite, strongly influenced by Henri Farman's aircraft, and the Glider followed the same layout.[2] It had a foreplane well ahead of the wings, mounted on wire-braced wooden booms, which also carried the undercarriage of a pair of long skids carrying small wheels.[2] Four booms, tapering together in elevation, carried a single tailplane rather than the pair used by the Boxkite.[2] The foreplane and tailplane moved together to control pitch.[1] A small pair of rudders was mounted between the booms near the tail.[1] Lateral control was by ailerons fitted on the upper wing.

The Glider first flew from the landing ground at Keynsham on 17 December 1910, piloted by Challenger. It was hand-towed into the air and retrieved uphill using a two-wheel dolly.[1] It was damaged in February 1911 and repaired but a more serious accident on 4 September 1911 cost £30 to repair.[1] The Glider survived until 1912 but the final fate is not known.[1] The Glider had been designed to have a 30 hp (22 kW) engine fitted but this was never installed.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Specifications
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Notes
* 3.2 Bibliography

## Specifications

Data from [1]Bristol Aircraft since 1910

General characteristics

* Crew: two
* Length: 33 ft 10 in (10.32 m)
* Wingspan: 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
* Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

## See also

Related lists

* List of Gliders

## References

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Barnes 1988, p. 54
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Goodall and Tagg pp.55-6

### Bibliography

* Barnes, C H (1994). Bristol Aircraft since 1910 (3rd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-823-2.
* Goodall, Michael H.; Tagg, Albert E. (2001). British Aircraft Before the Great War. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-1207-3.

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Bristol aircraft

Pre-numbering
scheme|

* Boxkite
* Glider
* Bristol Racing Biplane
* Bristol Monoplane
* Type T
* Bristol Prier monoplanes
* Bristol Coanda monoplanes
* Bristol Gordon England biplanes
* B.R.7
* T.B.8
* P.B.8
* X.2
* X.3

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* 110A
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* 213
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By role|

| Fighters|

* Scout A-D
* Scout E
* Scout F
* Bristol S.2A
* M.1 Monoplane
* F.2 Fighter
* Badger
* Jupiter Fighter
* Bagshot
* Bulldog
* Bullfinch
* Type 123
* Type 133
* Blenheim IF
* Type 146
* Beaufighter

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Passenger Transports|

* Tourer
* Ten-Seater
* Taxiplane
* Pullman
* Type 142 Britain First
* Brabazon
* Britannia

Reconnaissance|

* Bloodhound
* Bolingbroke

Trainer|

* Bristol Boxkite
* Bristol Coanda Monoplanes
* T.B.8
* P.B.8
* Primary Trainer
* Bolingbroke IVT/IVTT
* Buckmaster

Transports|

* Bombay
* Brandon
* Buckingham
* Freighter
* Superfreighter

Experimental|

* X.2
* X.3
* Bullet
* Racer
* Type 92
* Type 138
* Type 188
* Type 221

Bombers|

* Braemar
* Berkeley
* Bombay
* Blenheim
* Bisley
* Beaufort
* Buckingham
* Brigand

Sporting|

* Babe
* Brownie

Helicopters|

* Sycamore
* Type 173
* Belvedere

Designers|

* Frank Barnwell
* George Henry Challenger
* Henri Coandă
* Eric Gordon England
* Leslie Frise
* Archibald Russell

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