Bristol Boxkite

Bristol Boxkite
Boxkite replica, Continental O-200-B engine
Role	Trainer Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	British and Colonial Aeroplane Company
First flight	30 July 1910
Introduction	1910
Primary users	Bristol Aeroplane Company flying schools. RFC Imperial Russian Air Service Australian Flying Corps
Produced	1910–14
Number built	78
Developed from	Farman III, Zodiac Biplane

The Boxkite (officially the Bristol Biplane) was the first aircraft produced by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company (later known as the Bristol Aeroplane Company). A pusher biplane based on the successful Farman III, it was one of the first aircraft types to be built in quantity. As the type was used by Bristol for instruction purposes at their flying schools at Larkhill and Brooklands many early British aviators learned to fly in a Boxkite. Four were purchased in 1911 by the War Office and examples were sold to Russia and Australia. It continued to be used for training purposes until after the outbreak of the First World War.