Bristol Badminton

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The Bristol Type 99 Badminton was a British single-seat racing biplane from the 1920s built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and designed by F. S. Barnwell. It had equal-span wings, was made of wood and metal with fabric covering, and used a single nose-mounted 510 hp Bristol Jupiter VI engine. It had conventional tailskid landing gear. Only one Badminton was built, registered G-EBMK, and it first flew at Filton on 5 May 1926. It entered the 1926 King's Cup Race but had to land because of a fuel feed problem.

In 1927 it was rebuilt as the Type 99A with wider, tapered wings, a raised centre section, and wider interplane struts, powered by an uncowled 525 hp Jupiter VI engine. It received a certificate of airworthiness on 26 July 1927, but two days later it crashed at Filton after an engine failure on takeoff.