| Bristol Buckmaster
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| Description
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| Role | Advanced trainer
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| Crew | 3
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| First flight | October 27, 1944
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| Entered service | 1945
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| Manufacturer | Bristol Aeroplane Company
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| Dimensions
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| Length | 46 ft 5 in | 14.2 m
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| Wingspan | 71 ft 10 in | 21.9 m
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| Height | 17 ft 6 in | 5.3 m
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| Wing area | 708 ft² | 65.8 m²
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| Weights
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| Empty | 24,042 lb | 10,900 kg
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| Loaded | 33,700 lb | 15,280 kg
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| Maximum takeoff | lb | kg
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| Powerplant
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| Engine | 2 × Bristol Centaurus VII
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| Power (each) | 2,520 hp | 1,880 kW
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| Performance
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| Maximum speed | 352 mph @ 12,000 ft | 566 km/h @ 3,660 m
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| Combat range | 2,000 miles | 3,220 km
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| Ferry range | km | miles
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| Service ceiling | 30,000 ft | 9,140 m
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| Rate of climb | 2,245 ft/min | 680 m/min
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| Armament
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| Guns | Not normally carried
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The Bristol type 166 Buckmaster was an advanced trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force. By 1945, there was a serious gap in performance between the so-called advanced trainers in use, such as the Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, dual-contol Bristol Blenheim and Lockheed Hudson - and the combat aircraft which the pilots would be expected to fly on graduation.
The Bristol response to specification T.I3/43 was to make further use of the Buckingham wing, with yet another new fuselage. The trainee and instructor were seated side-by-side with a wireless operator seated behind.
112 Buckmasters were built.
