The Bristol M.1 Monoplane Scout was a British First World War fighter and the only British monoplane fighter to reach production during the conflict. Frank Barnwell began the design in mid-1916 as a private venture, giving it a streamlined circular fuselage of conventional wood and fabric. The first prototype, the M.1A, made its maiden flight on 14 July 1916 flown by F.P. Raynham and proved some 30 to 50 mph faster than the German Fokker Eindecker. Only 130 were built because the War Office and many Royal Flying Corps pilots distrusted monoplanes, and its high landing speed kept it away from the Western Front; it served in the Middle East and the Balkans instead. The M.1C was powered by a single 110 hp Le Rhone 9J rotary engine.
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is a British monoplane fighter of the First World War
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is a British monoplane fighter of the First World War
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On 14 July 1916, the first prototype, designated as the M.1A, conducted its maiden flight
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were powered by a single 110 hp Le Rhône 9J rotary engine
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work commenced at Bristol on a new fighter aircraft as a private venture
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