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The Bristol Buckmaster was an advanced British training aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force during the 1950s. Design and developmentBy 1945, there was a serious gap in performance between the so-called advanced trainers in use – such as the Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, dual-control Bristol Blenheim and Lockheed Hudson – and the combat aircraft which the pilots would be expected to fly on graduation. The Bristol response to Air Ministry Specification T.13/43[1] was to make further use of the Buckingham wing, with another new fuselage, in an aircraft developed as the Type 166. The trainee and instructor were seated side by side with a wireless operator seated behind. The Buckmaster was a propeller-driven, twin-engine mid-wing aircraft. The retractable undercarriage was of conventional (tailwheel) configuration. The radial engines were equipped with four-blade propellers. Operational historyA total of 65 Buckingham bombers were unfinished on the production line and ended up being rebuilt as the Buckmaster, to add the production series. All were intended to serve as a trainer for the similar Brigand.[1][2] It was considered the "highest performance trainer in the RAF" when introduced. Blind flying instruction and instrument training could be undertaken, the normal crew complement being pilot, instructor and air signaller. The last Training Command Buckmasters served with the No. 238 OCU at Colerne into the mid-fifties; the transfer of one or two to Filton for experimental work[1] marked its retirement in the mid-1950s.[3] Operators
Specifications{{Aircraft specifications|plane or copter?=plane |jet or prop?=prop |ref=Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[4] |crew=three (student pilot, instructor pilot, radio operator) |length main=46 ft 5 in |length alt=14.2 m |span main=71 ft 10 in |span alt=21.9 m |height main=17 ft 6 in |height alt=5.3 m |area main=708 ft² |area alt=65.8 m² |empty weight main=24,042 lb |empty weight alt=10,900 kg |loaded weight main=33,700 lb |loaded weight alt=15,280 kg |max takeoff weight main= |max takeoff weight alt= |engine (prop)=Bristol Centaurus VII |type of prop=18-cylinder radial engines |number of props=2 |power main=2,585 hp |power alt=1,880 kW |max speed main=352 mph |max speed alt=306 kn, 566 km/h |max speed more=at 12,000 ft (3,700 m) |cruise speed main=325 mph |cruise speed alt=282 kn, 530 km/h |cruise speed more=at 18,000 ft (5,500 m) |range main=2,000 mi |range alt=1,700 nmi, 3,200 km |ceiling main=30,000 ft |ceiling alt=9,000 m |climb rate main=2,245 ft/min |climb rate alt=11.3 m/s |loading main=47.6 lb/ft² |loading alt=232 kg/m² |power/mass main=0.153 hp/lb |power/mass alt=252 W/kg }} See also{{Aircontent|related=
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1. ^1 2 Mondey 1994, p. 70. 2. ^Winchester 2005, p. 94. 3. ^Winchester 2005, p. 95. 4. ^Bridgeman 1946, p. 113.
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