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t152_a9013_pd_1.jpg   Beaufort A9-13 at Oakey © Peter Dunn  Beaufort A9-13, Oakey  (11)
t002_n5565_5.jpg   Scout N5565 at Tracy Airport © Graham Kilsby  Scout N5565 "5554"  (7)
t149_10001_20050530_02.jpg   Blenheim L8756 at Hendon in 2005 © Andrew Appleton  Blenheim L8756 at Hendon  (7)
t002_n5565_4.jpg   Scout N5565 at Tracy Airport © Graham Kilsby  Scout N5565 "5554"  (7)
t152_vhktw_jp_200412_4.jpg     Beaufort VH-KTW A9-141  (7)
t014_texas_1.jpg   Bristol Fighter rebuild project in Texas  F2B Fighters in Texas  (7)
t002_n5419_20010605_1.jpg   Scout N5419 at Yeovilton in 2001 © Andrew Appleton  Scout N5419 at Yeovilton  (7)
t152_vhktw_jp_200412_2.jpg     Beaufort VH-KTW A9-141  (6)
t152_vhktw_jp_200412_3.jpg     Beaufort VH-KTW A9-141  (6)
10 t104_zkjnu_2005_1.jpg   Bristol Fighter ZK-JNU after its repaint as B1112 in 2005 courtesy of 'Turbo_NZ'  F2B Fighter ZK-JNU "B1112"  (5)
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23/01/2006Babe BAPC.87 "G-EASQ"
The Bristol Babe was designed in 1919 as a light private aeroplane, that would appeal to the ex WW1 service pilots. The Bristol Aero Collection has a Babe on display, and this is a static replica.
01/11/2006BAC.221 WG774 at Yeovilton
The sole BAC.221, on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, was a conversion of the Fairy Delta 2.
15/04/2006Beaufighter A19-144, Duxford
This Beaufighter is under restoration to flying condition by the Fighter Collection and Duxford, UK.
15/04/2006Beaufighter A8-328, Moorabbin
Beaufighter A8-328 is on display in the Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin near Melbourne, Australia.
15/04/2006Beaufighter BF-10, East Fortune
This former Portuguese Navy Air Force Beaufighter was acquired by the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Lothian, UK, in 2000. It is dismantled, and will be restored to static display condition.
15/04/2008Beaufighter cockpit, Coventry
The Midland Air Museum at Baginton near Coventry contains the cockpit of a Beaufighter. It is thought to come from a Mk.I, T5298.
15/04/2006Beaufighter fuselage, RAF Museum
In addition to their complete Beaufighter, the RAF Museum at Hendon, London, UK, have a Beaufighter fuselage on display. It has a perspex covering to allow for detailed inspection of the construction and fittings.
15/04/2006Beaufighter G-DINT X7688
This Beaufighter is slowly being restored to airworthy condition by Skysport Engineering. It is based on the Mk.IF X7688, which was used as an instructional airframe at RAF Halton for many years.
15/04/2006Beaufighter RD253, Hendon
This Beaufighter TF.X is on display in the RAF Museum at Hendon, London, UK. It was originally delivered to the Portuguese Navy Air Force in 1944, and after a spell as an instructional airframe it returned to the UK in 1965 for preservation.
15/04/2006Beaufighter RD867, Rockcliffe
The Canada Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada, received the shell of Beaufighter RD867 in 1969. It has remained stored outside since then, but was finally moved indoors in 2005 after completion of an new museum building.
15/04/2006Beaufighters at Camden
The Camden Museum of Aviation at Narellan, NSW, Australia, has a complete Beaufighter on display (A8-186) and the nose of another (A9-386, named Harry's Baby).
01/04/2006Beaufort "DD931", Hendon
This Beaufort is on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon, London, UK. Although it represents an RAF Beaufort, it is built from Australian-built Beaufort components, recovered from Papa New Guinea.
01/04/2006Beaufort A9-13, Oakey
Beaufort A9-13 is under restoration with the Flypast Museum of Australian Army Flying, at Oakey, Queensland, Australia.
01/04/2006Beaufort A9-557, Australian War Memorial
Beaufort A9-557 is preserved at the Australian War Memorial at the Treloar Technology Center, Canberra, Australia. It was unveiled to the public in March 2003, but was soon placed back in storage.
01/04/2006Beaufort VH-KTW A9-141
This is a project to rebuild a Beaufort back to Flying condition. It is based on A9-141, and has been undergoing restoration by Ralph Cusack and the Beaufort Restoration Group since 1984.
01/04/2006Beauforts in Tennessee
The Bristol Heritage Collection at Howenwald, Tennessee, USA is restoring a Beaufort to static display condition. The project is based on ex-Australian Beaufort components that have been stored at Chino for several years.
01/10/2006Belvedere XG454 in Manchester
Belvedere XG454 on display in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, on loan from the Royal Air Force Museum.
01/10/2006Belvedere XG474 at Hendon
Belvedere XG474 is on display in the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon
01/10/2006Belvederes at Weston-super-Mare
The Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK, has a complete Belvedere under restoration, and the nose section of another.
10/03/2006Blenheim L8756 at Hendon
The Blenheim on display in the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon is infact a Canadian Bolingbroke, formerly 10001 with the RCAF.
10/03/2006Blenheim L9044 at Tatoi
The remains of Blenheim L9044 were recovered from the sea bed off the coast of Crete in 1996. The wreck is now in the Hellenic Air Force Museum at Tatoi near Athens.
10/03/2006Blenheims & Bolingbrokes at Duxford
Duxford has been the home of two airworthy Bolingroke restoration projects, with a third underway.
01/03/2006Blenheims in Finland
The only complete European-built Blenheim lives on in storage in the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo, at Tikkakoski, Finland. The museum also holds two Blenheim Mk.I noses. At Suomen Ilmailumuseo, in Helsinki, the recovered tail-end of Blenheim Mk.I BL-180 is on display.
10/03/2006Bolingbroke 10073
Bolingbroke 10073 has been dismantled at Chino since the mid-1970's.
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 10076, Pima Air Museum
Bolingbroke 10076 is under restoration in the Pima Air and Space Museum, at Tucson, Arizona, USA. It had spent many years in storage at Chino.
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9041, Isle of Man
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9048, Bristol
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9104, British Columbia Aviation Museum
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9892, Canada Aviation Museum
Bolingbroke 9892 is on display in the Canada Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada. It has been painted in the colours of 8(BR) Squadron RCAF.
10/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9895 "10038" in Brussels
The Musée Royal de l'Armée in Brussels has a Bolingbroke on display, marked as 10038, it is based on RCAF 9895.
15/03/2006Bolingbroke RCAF 9940, East Fortune
The Bolingbroke in the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Lothian, UK is under restoration for static display.
20/03/2006Bolingbrokes at CATP Museum Brandon
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada has a selection of Bolingbrokes, include one on display outside the adjacent Comfort Inn.
10/03/2006Bolingbrokes in Florida
Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight has two Bolingbrokes in store - RCAF 9073 (allocated N4260C) and RCAF 9983 (allocated N4311Z).
10/03/2006Bolingbrokes with AMPAA
Association des Mecaniciens-Pilotes d'Aeronefs Anciens (AMPAA) at Melun-Villaroche, France has two Bolingbrokes, acquired from Canadian Warplane Heritage in 1995.
15/03/2006Bolingbrokes with Canadian Warplane Heritage
The Canadian Warplane Heritage at Hamilton, Ontario, has an airworthy Bolingbroke project underway. It also has a selection of Bolingbroke components salvaged over the years.
01/01/2006Boxkite at Oakey
The Boxkite at the Flypast Museum of Australian Army Flying at Oakey, Queensland, Australia, is a replica. It is thought to be one of the Boxkites built for the film "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" in 1965.
01/01/2006Boxkite BAPC.40
This Boxkite, which hangs in the entrance foyer in the Bristol City Museum. It is one of the replicas built for the film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines in 1965.
01/01/2006Boxkite G-ASPP
The Boxkite was the first successful aircraft built by the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company, and it first flew in 1910. 86 were built, and were flown in almost every corner of the globe. In 1965 several reproductions were built for the film 'Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines', including this one, which is still flying in the Shuttleworth Collection.
15/05/2006Brabazon components
A number of Brabazon components survive in the UK, including a section of fuselage skin in the Bristol Industrial Museum, and a nose gear mock-up in the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Lothian, UK
01/05/2006Brigand RH746, Kemble
Although it is unrestored and incomplete, the Brigand in the Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble, UK is the only surviving Brigand, bar a couple of wrecks deep in the Malaysian jungle.
01/08/2006Bristol 173 XF785, Kemble
The Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble, UK, has on display the sole surviving Bristol 173, the first British twin engined helicopter.
20/09/2007Bristol 188 XF926, Cosford
The sole survivng Bristol Type 188, XF926, is now preserved in the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford.
15/01/2006Bristol F2b BAPC.19 "B4" in Brussels
01/09/2006Britannia G-ALRX nose, Kemble
The second Britannia prototype, G-ALRX, first flew on 23rd December 1953. Just over a month later it force landed on the Severn mudflats after a dramatic in flight engine failure. After many years as an instructional trainer, the cockpit now lives in the Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble, UK.
01/09/2006Britannia G-ANCF
Britannia G-ANCF was rescued from the scrapman in 1985, and dismantled for future preservation.
01/09/2006Britannia G-AOVS fuselage, Luton
Britannia G-AOVS was withdrawn from service in 1979, after flying freight with Redcoat Air Cargo from Luton. The fuselage was donated to the fire crews, and the battered fuselage lives on - just.
01/09/2006Britannia G-AOVT, Duxford
Britannia G-AOVT is on display in the Imperial War Museum (Duxford Aviation Society) at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK, in Monarch livery.
01/09/2006Britannia XM497 (G-AOVF), Cosford
Britannia G-AOVF is on display at the RAF Museum at Cosford, UK. It was originally painted in BOAC colours, but was repainted in RAF Air Support Command colours as XM497 in 2008.
01/09/2006Britannia XM946 (EL-WXA), Kemble
The last airworthy Britannia, EL-WXA, flew into Kemble in 1997 for preservation. It has been continually maintained and repainted back into its original RAF Transport Command livery, as XM496.
01/02/2006Bulldog G-ABBB
The Bristol Bulldog was an all metal biplane that served with the RAF and many other air arms around the world in the 1930's. The Bulldog in the RAF Museum at Hendon has been rebuilt from the remains of the last airworthy Bulldog, which crashed at Farnborough 1964.
01/12/2006Concorde G-AXDN, Duxford
Concorde 101 G-AXDN, the first pre-production Concorde, is preserved in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
01/12/2006Concorde G-BBDG, Brooklands
G-BBDG has been is storage at Filton for many years, but in 2004 it was donated to the Brooklands Museum, transported to Brooklands and restored to pristine condition
01/12/2006Concorde G-BOAA, East Fortune
Concorde G-BOAA arrived at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune in April 2004, having travelled by barge from London.
01/12/2006Concorde G-BOAB, Heathrow
Concorde G-BOAB has been retained by British Airways at Heathrow, and is currently stored.
01/12/2006Concorde G-BOAC, Manchester
Concorde G-BOAC is now on display at the Manchester Airport Viewing Park
01/12/2006Concorde G-BOAF, Filton
G-BOAF was the last Concorde built at Filton, and first flew in 1979. It was also the last Concorde to fly, arriving at Filton for preservation on 26th November 2003.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter E2466 at Hendon
This Bristol Fighter is based on an original frame, and uses many original parts. It is in the RAF Museum at Hendon, London, UK.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter E2581 at Duxford
This Bristol Fighter is an original that has been in preservation since it was withdrawn in 1921. It is in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, UK.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter G-AANM "D7889"
This Bristol Fighter has been rebuilt using original components. It flew for the first time on 25th May 2006, and was transferred to the Canada Aviation Museum a few months later.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter G-AEPH "D8096", Shuttleworth
15/01/2006F2B Fighter N29HC, Valle AZ
N29HC is a reproduction Bristol F2B Fighter, currently on display at the Planes of Fame museum at Valle, Arizona.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter N34HC "E2624" at Chino
The reproduction Bristol Fighter was one of six started by Visionaire International in the early 1980s for a film. They were not used in the film, and only a couple were finished. It is now on display in the Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter project
This project was underway in the Norfolk area in the early 2000's by Bob Trickett, but was sold in 2005.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter project at Omaka
This project is centred on an original Bristol Fighter frame, and is being built at Omaka, New Zealand.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter VH-UDR "C4623"
This replica Bristol Fighter was originally built as a Bristol Tourer for the Australian film 'A Thousand Skies'. It is now in the Flypast Museum of Australian Army Flying at Oakey, Queensland, Australia.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter ZK-BRI/G-ACAA "D-8084"
This Bristol Fighter was built from original components by Skysport Engineering, for The Fighter Collection at Duxford. It first flew 1998, but was grounded in 2001 due to engine problems. These were rectified by 2006, and it has now been sold to Peter Jackson in New Zealand.
15/01/2006F2B Fighter ZK-JNU "B1112"
This is a very good reproduction Bristol Fighter, that is powered by a 200hp Ranger engine. It was built by Ed Storo in the USA in the 1990's, and was sold to Peter Jackson in New Zealand in 2002.
15/01/2006F2B Fighters in Texas
The Vintage Aviation Heritage Foundation at Old Kingsbury Aerodrome, Seguin, Texas, USA have a couple of Bristol Fighter projects ongoing - one replica and one based on an original frame.
01/06/2006Freighter C-FDFC, Enstone
Bristol Freighter C-FDFC was restored to flying condition in 1996, but crashed as Enstone a few months after its first flight. Everyone on board survived, and although the fuselage was scrapped other components live on.
01/06/2006Freighter C-GYQS
Bristol Freighter C-GYQS was the last Freighter to fly, in 2004. It is in the Reynolds - Alberta Museum at Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.
01/06/2006Freighter CF-TFX, Yellowknife
Bristol Freighter CF-TFX is mounted on a plinth at Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. Its claim to fame is that is was the first wheeled aircraft to land at the geographic North Pole.
01/06/2006Freighter NZ5903, Wigram
Bristol Freighter NZ5903 is preserved in the RNZAF Museum "Air Force World" at Wigram Air Force Base, Christchurch, New Zealand.
01/06/2006Freighter TC-330, Buenos Aires
Bristol Freighter TC-330 is on display in the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica at Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the oldest surviving Bristol 170, and the only square-wingtipped Mark I in existance.
01/06/2006Freighter VH-SJG A81-1, Point Cook
Bristol Freighter A81-1 is preserved in the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria, Australia.
01/06/2006Freighter ZK-CLU, Nelson Founders Park
Bristol Freighter ZK-CLU is on display at the Founders Heritage Park at Nelson, New Zealand.
01/06/2006Freighter ZK-CPT, Omaka
Bristol Freighter ZK-CPT has been preserved by the Marlborough Aero Club at Omaka, New Zealand.
01/06/2006Freighters at Ferrymead
The cockpit section of Bristol Freighter ZK-AYG (ZK-CWF) is used as the entrance to the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society at Ferrymead Historic Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. The museum also contains the complete nose section of Freighter ZK-CRK, which forms a diaorama with a Morris Minor being unloaded.
07/01/2006M1C G-BLWM "C4994"
This replica Bristol M1C, now on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon, was built as a flyer in the mid-1980's.
07/01/2006M1C G-BWJM "C4918"
This replica Bristol M1C was built by the Northern Aeroplane Workshops between 1981 and 1996. It flies with the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, in the United Kingdom
07/01/2006M1C VH-UQI
This is the sole surviving original Bristol M1C, and is on display at Minlaton in Australia.
10/03/2006Other Bolingbrokes
There are a variety of Bolingbrokes in various states of decay in Canada.
04/01/2006Scout BAPC.38
04/01/2006Scout N5419 at Yeovilton
This Bristol Scout is a reproduction, built as a flyer over two decades in Boston, USA. It is now hanging from the ceiling in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.
04/01/2006Scout N5565 "5554"
The replica Bristol Scout was built in California in the late 1990's. It has an original 80hp le Rhone engine.
15/06/2006Sycamore WT933, Newark
Bristol Sycamore WT933 is on display in the Newark Air Museum at Winthorpe, UK.
15/06/2006Sycamore WV781, Caernarfon
Sycamore HR.12, WV781, preserved at the Caernarfon Airparc in North Wales.
15/06/2006Sycamore WV783, Hendon
Bristol Sycamore WV783 is on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon, London, UK.
15/06/2006Sycamore XE317, Doncaster
Bristol Sycamore XE317, is undergoing a complete restoration with the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum "Doncaster Aeroventure" at Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK.
15/06/2006Sycamore XJ380, Boscombe Down
Sycamore XJ380 arrived at Boscombe Down in 2007 in a sad state, over the next two years the helicopter was restored, and is now part of the Boscombe Down Aviation Museum.
15/06/2006Sycamore XJ917, Kemble
Bristol Sycamore XJ917 is on display in the Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble, UK.
15/06/2006Sycamore XL824, Manchester
Bristol Sycamore XL824 is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, UK.
15/06/2006Sycamores at Weston-super-Mare
The Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK has a number of Sycamores in its collection.
15/06/2006Sycamores in Australia
The Royal Australian Air Force and Navy both operated the Bristol Sycamore, and several survive in museums.
15/06/2006Sycamores in Germany
A number of former Luftwaffe Bristol Sycamores live on in museums in Germany.
15/06/2006Sycamores in Switzerland
There are a number of Bristol Sycamores at Altenrhein in Switzerland. This includes the sole airworthy Sycamore, flown by Peter Schmid.
23/01/2006Tourer VH-UDC "G-AUDK"
The Bristol Tourer was a transport development of the Bristol Fighter, and was very successful in Australia in the early 1920s. This Tourer is a replica built for the Australian Film A Thousand Skies, and now hangs in the Western Australia Museum at Geraldton.
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