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Bristol Fighter
Recordings
- Bristol Fighter, May 2008
- Bristol Fighter Recorded June 2009
- Bristol Fighter 1, recording date unknown
- Bristol Fighter 2, recording date unknown
Bristol Fighter, May 2008
Recording of Bristol F2b Fighter, May 2008. 
The Brisfit is probably my favourite sounding aircraft. Recorded using NT4 and FR2-LE rig at Old Warden.
Bristol Fighter Recorded June 2009
Bristol Fighter Recorded June 2009. Recorded using NT4 and FR2-LE rig.
Bristol Fighter 1, recording date unknown
The preserved Bristol Fighter operated by the Shuttleworth Collection. Recording date unknown.
Bristol Fighter 2, recording date unknown
The preserved Bristol Fighter operated by the Shuttleworth Collection. Recording date unknown.
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War flown by
the Royal Flying Corps. It is often simply called the Bristol Fighter or popularly the "Brisfit" or "Biff". Despite being a two-seater, the F.2B proved to be an agile aircraft that was able to hold its own against opposing single-seat fighters. Having overcome a disastrous start to its career, the F.2B's solid design ensured that it remained in military service into the 1930s and surplus aircraft were popular in civil aviation.
The Bristol fighter's basic design stemmed from design studies by Frank Barnwell in March 1916 for an aircraft in the same class as the R.E.8 and the F.K.8 - the Type 9 R.2A with the 160 hp Beardmore engine and the R.2B, powered by the 150 hp Hispano Suiza. Neither type was built as the new 190 hp (142 kW) Rolls-Royce Falcon I inline engine became available, and Barwell designed a new aircraft around the Rolls-Royce engine. This, the Type 12 F.2A was a more compact design, intended from the outset as a two-seat fighter: it first flew on 9 September 1916. The F.2A was armed in what had by then become the standard manner for a British two-seater: one synchronised fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun, and one flexible .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun mounted on a Scarff ring in the observer's rear cockpit. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_F2b
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