Bristol Bulldog

what is it?

The Bristol Bulldog is a British Royal Air Force single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. More than 400 Bulldogs were produced for the RAF and overseas customers, and it was one of the most famous aircraft used by the RAF during the inter-war period.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 286 km/htop speed
• size 1,583 kgmax take-off weight
• built 443made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.3 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1927-05-17

introduced

1929

retired

1940

status

retired

number built

443

role

fighter

makers

Bristol Aeroplane Company

engines

1× Bristol Jupiter VIIF / Bristol Mercury

crew

1

length

7.7 m

wingspan

10.3 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,583 kg

top speed

286 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,931 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.