1958


Bristol Type 192 Belvedere

Derived from Type 173






The Bristol Type 192 was a development of the unsuccessful Type 173, designed in response to an RAF requirement for a general purpose, land based, heavy lift helicopter. It first flew on 5 Jul 1958 at Filton with tandem wooden rotor blades, a completely manual control system and a castored, fixed quadricycle undercarriage.
From the fifth airframe, the rotors fitted were all-metal, 4 bladed units. Production model controls and instruments allowed night operations and a true single engine-out flight, if one of the 1465hp Napier Gazelle turbine engines failed. The Belvedere could take 30 seated passengers or 6000lb (2700kg) of internal freight. An external freight hook was fitted, allowing a 5250lb (2380kg) load to be underslung.


Specifications Type 192 Belvedere


Engine 2 x Napier Gazelle 1100 shp
Capacity 3 + 19
Length (m) 16.56
Height (m) 5.18
Blades 4
Rotor diam. (m) 14.9
Disc area (m2) 303.9
Weight (kgs) Empty: 5159     Max: 8600
Speed (km/h) Cruise: 220
Range (km) 720
Ceiling (m) 3660
Rate/Climb (m/min) 259
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  List of Operators of Type 192 Belvedere


Years Model Org
1960/69 united kingdom Royal Air Force



  Global Distribution of Type 192 Belvedere



26Type 192 Belvedere


Construction Numbers


C/N Built as Year History
13342 scrapped 1966 1958 UK XG447
13343 scrapped 1969 1959 UK XG448
13344 scrapped 1969 1959 UK XG449
13345 scrapped 1970 1959 UK XG450
13346 scrapped 1967 1959 UK XG451
13347 1960 UK G-BRMB,XG452
13348 w/o 1969 1960 UK XG453
13349 1960 UK XG454
13350 scrapped 1969 1963 UK XG455
13351 scrapped 1968 1960 UK XG456
13352 scrapped 1968 1961 UK XG457
13353 scrapped 1969 1961 UK XG458
13354 scrapped 1969 1961 UK XG459
13355 scrapped 1969 1961 UK XG460
13356 w/o 1964 1960 UK XG461
13357 w/o 1963 1961 UK XG462
13358 w/o 1964 1961 UK XG463
13359 scrapped 1969 1961 UK XG464
13360 w/o 1962 1961 UK XG465
13361 scrapped 1968 1962 UK XG466
13362 scrapped 1969 1962 UK XG467
13363 w/o 1968 1962 UK XG468
13364 w/o 1963 1962 UK XG473
13365 1962 UK XG474
13366 w/o 1963 1962 UK XG475
13367 scrapped 1968 1962 UK XG476






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