The Bristol Type 146 was a British single seat, eight gun fighter monoplane prototype built to a mid 1930s Air Ministry contract for a prototype meeting specification F.5/34, which also called for an air cooled engine for overseas use. It was a low wing cantilever monoplane with stress skinned aluminium wings, a monocoque fuselage, retractable undercarriage and a one piece sliding canopy, building on the experience of the earlier Type 133. It was designed for a supercharged Bristol Perseus sleeve valve radial that was not ready, so a lower powered Mercury IX was used. It flew on 11 February 1938 with Cyril Uwins, but was outclassed by Merlin engined fighters and only one was built.
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The Bristol Type 146 was a British single-seat, eight-gun fighter monoplane prototype built to a mid-1930s Air Ministry contract.
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The Bristol Type 146 was a British single-seat, eight-gun fighter monoplane prototype built to a mid-1930s Air Ministry contract.
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The Bristol Type 146 was a British single-seat, eight-gun fighter monoplane prototype built to a mid-1930s Air Ministry contract.
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The Type 146 flew for the first time on 11 February 1938
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Powered by an aircooled radial engine, it was outclassed by Rolls-Royce Merlin inline engined fighters
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