It was a rather elegant little aircraft.

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Thank you, Victoria. Very glad you enjoyed it.

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Rather reminiscent of the Deperdussin racing monoplanes.

Well basically Bristol was expanding. In 1912 there was quite a bit of interest from several foreign militaries. This lead to military flying schools being set up along the lines of Bristol's schools in the UK. This included Spain and Halberstadt in Germany. Deutsch-Bristol Werke was set up to build Bristol aircraft and operate a flying school under Bristol supervision. However under pressure from the German government to build designs other than those of Bristol, the agreement fell apart in 1914, before the outbreak of World War 1. So it was a short-lived arrangement.

@@Forgotten_Aviation doesn’t it seem this is the rule for most early aviation companies ! In Bristols case however - it was shared between Britain and Germany just prior to the war which is surreal in hindsight.

@@erikvonerik Not exactly unusual for the time. The Germans showed quite an interest in the Vickers FB5 about six months before the war.

That's the first I've heard of it. His association with Germany started well before World War 1, so I wouldn't have thought so.

@@Forgotten_Aviation Interesting. Perhaps some of us are just improvising. Maybe I should stop sharing "facts" of history.

That is quite a distinctive aircraft.