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what is it?
The Bristol T.B.8, or Bristol-Coanda T.B.8 was an early British biplane built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and designed by the Romanian Henri Coandă. Fifty four Bristol T.B.8s were built, being mainly used as a trainer. A small number of Bristol T.B.8s were briefly used as bombers at the start of the World War I by the Royal Naval Air Service.
How to recognise it: piston engines · 11.5 m wingspan
base stats
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Wingspan of 11.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1913
- introduced
- 1913
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 54
- role
- trainer/bomber
- makers
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- engines
- Gnome Lambda
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.9 m
- wingspan
- 11.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 755 kg
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4969036, Wikipedia: Bristol T.B.8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.