The Bristol type 166 Buckmaster was an advanced trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force. By 1945, there was a serious gap in performance between the so_called advanced trainers in use, such as the Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, dual_contol Bristol Blenheim and Lockheed Hudson - and the combat aircraft which the pilots would be expected to fly on graduation.
The Bristol response to specification T.I3/43 was to make further use of the Buckingham wing, with yet another new fuselage. The trainee and instructor were seated side_by_side with a wireless operator seated behind.
Bristol was involved in the post war renaissance of British civilian aircraft as inspired by the Brabazon Committee report.
At the same time the Bristol Britannia turboprop-powered airliner proved a success and it and Bristol Freighter transport aircraft were produced in quantity during the 1950s.
A research aircraft, the Bristol 188, was constructed in the 1950s to test the feasibilty of stainless steel as a material in a Mach 2.0 airframe.
The Centaurus was the ultimate development of Bristol Engine Company's series of sleeve valve radial aircraft engines, a massive 18-cylinder two-row design that eventually delivered over 3,000hp.
In this case the "classic" 5.75" piston from their original 1918 Jupiter was placed in a longer-stroke cylinder, which combined with the new cylinders made the displacement jump from the Hercules's 2364 cubic inches to a massive 3270, making it one of the largest piston aircraft engines built.
It was used in both the the Bristol Britannia[?] and the ill-fated Brabazon[?].
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