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Bristol Type 188

Bristol 188 XF926 at RAF Museum Cosford. This and a couple of other rarities from the museum's experimental aircraft collection were rolled outside for the 2016 Cosford airshow. This is the second of two 188's built in the late 1950s/early 1960's in response to requirement ER.134T for a testbed to research sustained supersonic flight for the proposed Avro 730 reconnaissance aircraft. The 188 did not achieve it's performance objectives due, to some extent because the Gyron Junior engines used up fuel more quickly that expected, severely limiting the aircraft's supersonic flight endurance. Two 188's were built but the 1st prototype, XF923 sadly did not survive and was scrapped

[QUOTE="1st Vette, post: 332795, member: 8909"] [HEADING=2]Bristol Type 188[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Bristol 188 XF926 at RAF Museum Cosford. This and a couple of other rarities from the museum's experimental aircraft collection were rolled outside for the 2016 Cosford airshow. This is the second of two 188's built in the late 1950s/early 1960's in response to requirement ER.134T for a testbed to research sustained supersonic flight for the proposed Avro 730 reconnaissance aircraft. The 188 did not achieve it's performance objectives due, to some extent because the Gyron Junior engines used up fuel more quickly that expected, severely limiting the aircraft's supersonic flight endurance. Two 188's were built but the 1st prototype, XF923 sadly did not survive and was scrapped[/HEADING] [/QUOTE]

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