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1928
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JULY 5, 1928 THE "BRISTOL" EXHIBITS THE Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., is exceptionally wellrepresented at this year's Paris Aero Show. Not only is a very full series of engines exhibited, but a complete " Bristol "aircraft as well. This is a single-seater fighter of very taking appearance and all-metal construction, and is obviouslyrelated to the Bristol " Bulldog " which made its appearance at the R.A.F. Display last week at Hendon, where it aroused steel strip, a form of metal construction upon which a vastamount of work has been done in England, and in which Great Britain holds an unchallenged position. Other nationsmay have gone farther with welded construction, or have developed forms of duralumin construction that equal ours,but in the steel strip form of metal work we need fear com- parison with no one. Consequently it is small wonder that THE BRISTOL SINGLE-SEATER FIGHTER, BRISTOL "JUPITER" ENGINE: Three-quarter front view. very favourable comment. The manner of exhibiting themachine is one which was, we believe, " invented " by one Sergeant Turner at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, duringthe war, when captured enemy aircraft were so exhibited. It consists in " stripping " the machine to the centre line, sothat when viewing it from one side one obtains an impression of the machine's lines and general appearance, and from theother all the constructional details can be examined with from the moment the doors of the Grand Palais were opened,the Bristol stand was a centre of attraction for the more discerning visitors.The " Bristol " single-seater fighter is a very fine example of modern British aircraft, and it is doubtful whether, atany Paris Aero Show held since the war, so up-to-date a British service machine has ever been exhibited. With aperformance which is quite remarkabe, the new machine THE BRISTOL SINGLE-SEATER FIGHTER, BRISTOL "JUPITER" ENGINE: Three-quarter rear view. the greatest facility. It would be difficult to imagine abetter way of showing an aircraft, provided one really wishes people to see it. There are, of course, cases where it iskinder to the constructor to cover up as much as possible ! In the Bristol single-seater fighter Great Britain has aworthy representative at the Paris Show. The machine incorporates some of the very latest forms of construction,making extensive use of corrugatedjsections formed from flat represents the latest ideas in both aerodynamic and structuraldesign, and thus the machine well merits the closest inspec- tion. Not the least interesting feature is the way in whichperformance is maintained at altitude. For example, at 20,000 ft. (6,100 m.) the speed is 172 m.p.h. (277 km./h.),while that altitude is reached in the astonishingly short time of 12 mins. Obviously, we have here a machine which is agood deal out of the ordinary in the matter of performance. 574
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