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Bristol 188

The Bristol Aeroplane Company had a proud and long tradition of building fine aircraft, from the Bristol Boxkite of 1910, the Bristol Fighter of WW1, and the Blenheim and Beaufighter of WW2. It is surprising then that the company only built one jet aircraft, the exotic Bristol 188 high speed research aircraft. The Bristol 188 was intended to examine the effects of sustained kinetic heating on stainless steel aircraft structures over long periods. To this end the Bristol 188 featured a refrigerated cockpit, and advanced telemetry so that the aircraft could be monitored by a second pilot on the ground.

At the time, (during the 1950's) it was believed that the Bristol 188 would be the fastest aircraft in the world, however the aircraft was let down by it's De Haviland Gyron Junior engines which surged badly as the Mach number increased and were extremely fuel thirsty. As a result the Bristol 188 never reached it's intended design parameters.

The Bristol 188 program was concluded in 1964, having cost 20 million pounds, with the aircraft only having flown 50 hrs in total. Today on airframe survives at the RAF museum at Cosford.

Performance

Maximum level speed: Mach 1.88
Weight: Not known
Powerplant: Two De Haviland Gyron Junior turbojets of 14,000lb static thrust
Armament: None