__NOTOC__ The Bristol Type 99 Badminton was a 1920s

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single-seat racing

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built by the

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and designed by F.S. Barnwell.Jackson 1973, page 308

Design and development

The Badminton was a single-seat single-engine equal-span biplane, it was made from wood and metal with fabric covering. It had a conventional tailskid

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and the nose-mounted engine was a 510 hp (380 kW) Bristol Jupiter VI. Only one aircraft was built, registered G-EBMK, and it first flew at

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on 5 May 1926. It was entered into the 1926

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but it forced-landed with a fuel feed problem. In 1927, the aircraft was rebuilt as the Type 99A with new wide-span tapered wings, a raised centre section and wide-chord interplane struts.Jackson 1973, page 309 It was powered by an uncowled (525 hp) (392 kW) Bristol Jupiter VI engine. It gained a certificate of airworthiness on 26 July 1927, but had a fatal crash at Filton two days later (28 July) after an engine failure on takeoff.

Variants

;Type 99 :1926 single-seat racing biplane, one built. ;Type 99A :Type 99 modified in 1927.

Specifications (Type 99)

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Notes

References

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