Designed by Wilfrid T Reid to meet Air Ministry Specification 3/22 issued in June 1922 for a two-seat fighter, the Bloodhound was flown for the first time at the end of May 1923. Featuring a welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, and powered by a 425hp Bristol Jupiter IV engine, the Bloodhound carried an armament of two synchronised 7.7mm Vickers machine guns and a 7.7mm Lewis gun on a Scarff mounting on the rear cockpit. Three additional Bloodhounds were built to the order of the Air Ministry, the first of these being of all-metal construction and the others having wooden wings and tail. All three were powered by the Jupiter IV, but the engine of the third aircraft was fitted with an RAE supercharger. The three aircraft were delivered to Martlesham and Farnborough between March and September 1925, but no production was undertaken.
The original prototype was successively fitted with the Jupiter V and VI, and served primarily as an engine test bed.

In 1927 a Mexican purchasing commission placed contracts in the UK for 10 new Hispano-Suiza engined Bristol Fighters and two Type 93B Boarhound II reconnaissance fighters.

Boarhound
Engine: 1 x 400hp Bristol Jupiter IV
Take-off weight: 1828 kg / 4030 lb
Empty weight: 1165 kg / 2568 lb
Wingspan: 13.64 m / 44 ft 9 in
Length: 9.60 m / 31 ft 6 in
Height: 3.56 m / 11 ft 8 in
Wing area: 43.11 sq.m / 464.03 sq ft
Max. speed: 206 km/h / 128 mph
Ceiling: 7193 m / 23600 ft
Armament: 2 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 2 x 50kg bombs
Crew: 2

93B Boarhound II

Bloodhound
Take-off weight: 1921 kg / 4235 lb
Empty weight: 1141 kg / 2515 lb
Wingspan: 12.24 m / 40 ft 2 in
Length: 8.08 m / 26 ft 6 in
Height: 3.25 m / 10 ft 8 in
Wing area: 45.89 sq.m / 493.96 sq ft
Max. speed: 209 km/h / 130 mph

1925

Engine: 1 x 450hp Bristol Jupiter VI
Take-off weight: 1544 kg / 3404 lb
Empty weight: 999 kg / 2202 lb
Wingspan: 10.97 m / 35 ft 12 in
Length: 8.94 m / 29 ft 4 in
Height: 3.96 m / 12 ft 12 in
Wing area: 40.13 sq.m / 431.96 sq ft
Max. speed: 213 km/h / 132 mph
Ceiling: 7925 m / 26000 ft

1923

1923

Greek Tourer
Engine: 1 x 230hp Siddeley Puma
Take-off weight: 1271 kg / 2802 lb
Empty weight: 795 kg / 1753 lb
Wingspan: 12.01 m / 39 ft 5 in
Length: 7.92 m / 25 ft 12 in
Height: 3.05 m / 10 ft 0 in
Wing area: sq.m / 406.98 sq ft
Max. speed: 193 km/h / 120 mph

The Bristol Tourer was originally a conversion of the Bristol F.2b Fighter built for and flown by the RAF in World War I. At the end of the war a number were converted in the UK as low-cost commercial airliners, fitted with a 134 kw (180 hp) Wolseley Viper, 179 kw (240 hp) Siddeley Puma, or 224 kw (300 hp) Hispano Suiza engine. Four distinct conversions were built, all flown from the front seat, varying in type of accommodation provided for the passengers, ie an enclosed cabin or open cockpit. Bristol type-numbers 27, 28, 29 and 47 were allotted to the series in 1923.

The first conversion was flown in 1919 and another was shown at the Paris Salon in December of that year. Two were sold in the USA and two others were fitted with floats. Two went to Spain and eight to Australia.

Replica:
Air Charter Bristol F.2b Tourers

Bristol Tourer 2-seater
Engine: 1 x 230hp Siddeley Puma
Take-off weight: 1271 kg / 2802 lb
Empty weight: 772 kg / 1702 lb
Wingspan: 12.01 m / 39 ft 5 in
Length: 7.95 m / 26 ft 1 in
Height: 3.05 m / 10 ft 0 in
Wing area: 37.81 sq.m / 406.98 sq ft
Max. speed: 193 km/h / 120 mph
Ceiling: 6706 m / 22000 ft

1923

Bristol Taxiplane
Engine: 1 x 120hp Bristol Lucifer
Take-off weight: 835 kg / 1841 lb
Empty weight: 549 kg / 1210 lb
Wingspan: 9.47 m / 31 ft 1 in
Length: 7.09 m / 23 ft 3 in
Height: 2.69 m / 8 ft 10 in
Wing area: 26.38 sq.m / 283.95 sq ft
Max. speed: 145 km/h / 90 mph