203:,. Both the Bentley and ABC engined Bourges demonstrated excellent performance and manoeuvrability, being able to be looped and rolled with ease. Courtney wrote that it could "be thrown around in loops, spins, rolls...without any special effort". This acrobatic quality was displayed for the reception at Hendon of Commander Read after his cross-Atlantic crossing by flying boat.
215:. It would crash in 1919 and its structure reused for a different project. The third Bourges was also originally built as a Mk IB, but when Boulton Paul realised that the reliability problems with the Dragonfly could not be cured, it was refitted with BR2s, being redesignated
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Dragonflys, it was designated the
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775:"Bobolink to Delta: Boulton Paul Aircraft of Forty Years"
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754:"Hendon Welcomes Atlantic Flyers"
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1476:1910s British bomber aircraft
834:The British Bomber since 1914
815:The British Bomber since 1914
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333:6,326 lb (2,869 kg)
327:3,820 lb (1,733 kg)
1486:Aircraft first flown in 1918
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250:in a mock dogfight with two
240:Royal Aircraft Establishment
234:) and with the gulled wing (
182:demonstrated the Bourges at
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773:King, H. F. (8 July 1955).
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794:Kinsey, Gordon (1992).
674:m-selig.ae.illinois.edu
279:General characteristics
155:- one in the nose on a
798:. Terence Dalton Ltd.
128:Development and design
1471:Boulton Paul aircraft
813:Lewis, Peter (1980).
730:Bruce, J. M. (1957).
442:Boulton Paul Atlantic
259:Boulton Paul Atlantic
188:Commander Albert Read
132:In 1918, the British
112:day bomber built by
711:Brew, Alec (1993).
459:de Havilland Oxford
454:Avro 533 Manchester
426:Related development
883:Boulton & Paul
836:. London: Putnam.
817:. London: Putnam.
715:. London: Putnam.
631:, pp. 122–123
516:, pp. 121–122
469:Airco DH.10 Amiens
252:Nieuport Nighthawk
118:Airco DH.10 Amiens
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605:Kinsey 1992
572:5 June 1919
526:Kinsey 1992
374:9 hr 15 min
359:Performance
343:Powerplant:
244:Farnborough
228:Napier Lion
167:Bentley BR2
157:Scarff ring
149:unstaggered
122:World War I
1465:Categories
1408:Transports
1353:Overstrand
1348:Sidestrand
704:References
656:Bruce 1957
629:Mason 1994
593:Bruce 1957
557:Mason 1994
538:Lewis 1980
514:Mason 1994
502:Mason 1994
408:Lewis guns
372:Endurance:
310:Wing area:
254:fighters.
153:Lewis guns
84:Prototype
1420:Mailplane
1312:Partridge
694:Brew 1993
583:Brew 2001
490:King 1955
406:(7.7 mm)
402:1 or 2 ×
298:Wingspan:
270:Data from
138:J.D North
63:Designer
1481:Biplanes
1434:Trainers
1415:Atlantic
1374:Atlantic
1297:Bobolink
1290:Fighters
889:aircraft
785:30 March
764:30 March
679:16 April
421:See also
392:Armament
21:Bourges
1446:Balliol
1441:Phoenix
1333:Bourges
1321:Bombers
1307:Defiant
1302:Bittern
404:.303 in
317:Airfoil
304:Height:
292:Length:
248:Croydon
110:biplane
106:British
81:Status
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1328:Bolton
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31:bomber
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1394:P.111
1343:Bugle
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1174:P.107
1169:P.103
477:Notes
400:Guns:
288:Three
286:Crew:
224:F2905
76:1918
26:Role
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1358:P.32
1164:P.97
1159:P.94
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1084:P.58
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