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Den Bristol Bulldog was a British Royal Air Force single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. More than 400 Bulldogs were produced for the RAF and overseas customers, and it was one of the most famous aircraft used by the RAF during the inter-war period.

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Bristol Bulldog var et enseters dobbeltdekker jagerfly som tjenestegjorde i Royal Air Force og flere andre land på 1920- og 1930-tallet. Den ble designet av Frank Barnwell fra Bristol Aeroplane Company, og ble drevet av en Bristol Jupiter stjernemotor. Bulldogen hadde en helmetallstruktur med stoffbelegg, og var bevæpnet med to Vickers maskingevær. Den hadde en toppfart på 249 km/t og et tak på 6 705 m.
The Bulldog was developed in response to an Air Ministry specification for a new day-and-night fighter that could outperform the existing bombers. It competed with the Hawker Hawfinch, and was selected for further evaluation after a series of trials in 1927. The first prototype, designated the Type 105, flew on 17 May 1927, and was followed by a second prototype with a longer fuselage, designated the Type 107 Bullpup. The production version, known as the Bulldog Mk II, entered service in June 1929, and became the main fighter of the RAF until it was replaced by monoplanes in the mid-1930s.
The Bulldog was also exported to several countries, including Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Siam and Sweden. Some variants were produced with different engines, such as the Mercury or the Armstrong Siddeley Panther. The Bulldog also served as a trainer and a testbed for various experiments, such as high-altitude flights and rocket-assisted take-offs. The Bulldog was one of the most famous and successful biplane fighters of its era, and was admired for its agility and performance.