Bristol F.2B
Almost a good shot, but the pilot cant be seen, just the top of his head.:o)
This aircraft was built in 1918 and saw no operational wartime service. However, it did serve with No 208 Squadron based in Turkey in 1923.
Its remains were acquired in 1936 by Captain C P B Ogilvie who intended to restore it to flying condition on the civil register but failed to complete the project.
It therefore finally fell to the Bristol Aeroplane Company to restore the aeroplane and it subsequently flew again in 1952 having been entrusted to the care of the Shuttleworth Collection. After twenty-eight years with the Collection, the engine and airframe underwent a complete refurbishment during 1980-82. In 1992 the engine (the oldest working Rolls-Royce aero engine in the world) was replaced by an overhauled unit. The original was rebuilt and is kept as a fully working spare.
The Collection’s Bristol Fighter is the only airworthy original example in Europe.
Bristol F.2B
Almost a good shot, but the pilot cant be seen, just the top of his head.:o)
This aircraft was built in 1918 and saw no operational wartime service. However, it did serve with No 208 Squadron based in Turkey in 1923.
Its remains were acquired in 1936 by Captain C P B Ogilvie who intended to restore it to flying condition on the civil register but failed to complete the project.
It therefore finally fell to the Bristol Aeroplane Company to restore the aeroplane and it subsequently flew again in 1952 having been entrusted to the care of the Shuttleworth Collection. After twenty-eight years with the Collection, the engine and airframe underwent a complete refurbishment during 1980-82. In 1992 the engine (the oldest working Rolls-Royce aero engine in the world) was replaced by an overhauled unit. The original was rebuilt and is kept as a fully working spare.
The Collection’s Bristol Fighter is the only airworthy original example in Europe.