Bristol Seely

The Bristol Seely was a single engine biplane with accommodation for one passenger, entered in the 1920 Air Ministry competition for safe civil aeroplanes, which emphasised short takeoff, slow landing, useful load and economy. Bristol decided a modification of its Tourer was the best hope, so the passenger sat in a cabin behind the pilot's open cockpit, the fuselage was deepened and the forward bays were built from steel. The three bay biplane had a larger wing area than the Tourer and ailerons on both wings, and for the competition it used a water cooled upright inline 240 hp Siddeley Puma. After the competition the single Seely was used as a testbed for the Bristol Jupiter engine development programme.