The Bristol 188
The Bell X 1 was created by Chuck Yeager in 1947 and was so inspirational to other engineers that they tried to copy the design, one of these copy-cat designs was The Bristol 188. The Bristol was produced by the English and it turned out to be quite a sub-standard imitation. The Bristol had many flaws and has suffered from bad planning and design which were completely out of tune with its contemporary standards. One of the fatal flaws of the Bristol was that its fuel tank would easily sprout leaks while flying and mostly failed to even take off unless it was speeding across the ground at 300miles per hour, it may have done better as a race car than a plane!
The Bristol 188
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