Bristol Buckmaster

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Type 166 Buckmaster
Type	Advanced trainer aircraft
Manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company
Maiden flight	1944-10-27
Introduced	1945
Primary user	Royal Air Force
Number built	112

The Bristol Buckmaster was an advanced British trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force during the 1950s.

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-control Bristol Blenheim and Lockheed Hudson – and the combat aircraft which the pilots would be expected to fly on graduation.

The Bristol response to Air Ministry Specification T.13/43 was to make further use of the Buckingham wing, with another new fuselage, in an aircraft developed as the Type 166. The trainee and instructor were seated side-by-side with a wireless operator seated behind.

Contents 1 Development 2 Operators 3 Specifications 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Development

The Buckmaster was a propeller-driven twin-engine midwing aircraft. The retractable undercarriage was of conventional (tailwheel) configuration. The radial engines were equipped with four-blade propellers.

[edit] Operators

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force

[edit] Specifications

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3 (student pilot, instructor pilot, radio operator)
• Length: 46 ft 5 in (14.2 m)
• Wingspan: 71 ft 10 in (21.9 m)
• Height: 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
• Wing area: 708 ft² (65.8 m²)
• Empty weight: 24,042 lb (10,900 kg)
• Loaded weight: 33,700 lb (15,280 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Bristol Centaurus VII 18-cylinder radial engines, 2,585 hp (1,880 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 352 mph (306 knots, 566 km/h) at 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
• Cruise speed: 325 mph (282 knots, 530 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
• Range: 2,000 mi (1,700 nm, 3,200 km)
• Service ceiling 30,000 ft (9,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 2,245 ft/min (11.3 m/s)
• Wing loading: 47.6 lb/ft² (232 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.153 hp/lb (252 W/kg)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

Related development

• Bristol Buckingham
  

Comparable aircraft

• Avro Anson
• Airspeed Oxford
• Bristol Blenheim
• Lockheed Hudson
  

Related lists

• List of aircraft of the RAF
  

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