Bristol Buckingham Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

The Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd, Filton, Bristol

First Flight:

4 February 1943

Buckingham I:

123 - Bristol Aeroplane Co

Type Specification

Applies to:

Bristol 163 Buckingham B.1

Type:

Twin engined medium bomber

Wing:

Mid wing cantilever monoplane. Two spar all metal stressed skin structure. Fabric covered ailerons

Fuselage:

Light alloy semi monocoque structure

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane type with twin fins and rudders. All metal framework with metal covered fins, tailplane and elevator and fabric covered rudders

Landing Gear:

Retractable type. Each main unit raised backwards into engine nacelle. Tailwheel retracts forward into fuselage

Power Plant:

Two Bristol Centaurus VII eighteen cylinder sleeve valve radial air cooled engines driving four blade airscrews

Accommodation:

Crew of four, consisting of pilot, navigator / bomb aimer, radio operator and turret gunner

Armament:

Total armament of ten 0.303 in machine guns:- four fixed in the nose, four in a dorsal turret and two rearward firing in the ventral gondola. Various bomb loads up to 4,000 lb

Span:

71 ft 10 in

Length:

46 ft 10 in

Height:

17 ft 7 in

Wing Area:

708 sq ft

Empty:

24,040 lb

All Up:

36,900 lb

Max. Speed:

330 mph at 12,000 ft

Initial Rate of Climb:

1,700 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

25,000 ft

Range:

3,180 miles

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