Back Bristol Scout Afrikaans بريستول سكاوت Arabic Bristol Scout Czech Bristol Scout German بریستول اسکوت Persian Bristol Scout French ब्रिस्टल स्काउट Hindi Bristol Scout Italian ブリストル スカウト Japanese Bristol Scout NB
| Bristol Scout | |
|---|---|
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| RNAS Bristol Scout D of third production batch | |
| Role | single-seat scout/fighter |
| Manufacturer | British and Colonial Aeroplane Company |
| Designer | Frank Barnwell |
| First flight | 23 February 1914 |
| Primary users | Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service Australian Flying Corps |
| Produced | 1914–1916 |
| Number built | 374[1] |
The Bristol Scout was a single-seat rotary-engined biplane originally designed as a racing aircraft. Like similar fast, light aircraft of the period it was used by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type. It was one of the first single-seaters to be used as a fighter aircraft, although it was not possible to fit it with an effective forward-firing armament until the first British-designed gun synchronizers became available later in 1916, by which time the Scout was obsolescent. Single-seat fighters continued to be called "scouts" in British usage into the early 1920s.[1]