In 1919, Frank Barnwell crashed the MR1 – the first all-metal airframe produced by Bristol and a development of the F2B – into a tree at Farnborough, successfully decapitating the tree and writing the airframe off in the process.
Engine: 1 x 140hp Hispano-Suiza
Take-off weight: 1276 kg / 2813 lb
Empty weight: 772 kg / 1702 lb
Wingspan: 12.85 m / 42 ft 2 in
Length: 8.23 m / 27 ft 0 in
Height: 3.12 m / 10 ft 3 in
Wing area: 42.55 sq.m / 458.00 sq ft
Max. speed: 177 km/h / 110 mph
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