The Bristol Babe was a light single seat biplane created by Frank Barnwell, Bristol's chief designer, for the private owner flyer in the period immediately after the First World War. It had staggered single bay wings of unequal span, a plywood skinned fuselage and a conventional single axle undercarriage with a tailskid. Finding a suitable small engine proved difficult: the intended ABC Gadfly was abandoned when ABC left aero engine manufacture, and the aircraft flew with a 1911 Viale radial and later with 60 hp Le Rhone rotary engines. Only two flew, and the Viale engine is now in the Science Museum in London.
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The Bristol Babe was the creation of Frank Barnwell, a flying enthusiast as well as Bristol's chief designer.
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The Bristol Babe was a British-built light single-seat biplane, intended for the private flyer and produced immediately after the First World War.
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The Bristol Babe was a British-built light single-seat biplane, intended for the private flyer and produced immediately after the First World War.
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This was installed in the second Babe which made its first flight on 28 November 1919.
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two seven-cylinder 60 hp (50 kW) Le Rhône Type 7B2 rotary engines were ordered for the first two Babes
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The Bristol Babe was the creation of Frank Barnwell, a flying enthusiast as well as Bristol's chief designer.
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