Is there such a plane as a "Bulldog"?
My mom's doctor was telling her he owned a "British Bulldog"
I have never heard of one but googleing I get what is expected many sites pretaining to , dogs, DUH! LOL!
I did find a photo of a Bristol Bulldog a bi-plane could this be what he is talking about??? He did say it was used in WWII.

I'll know what it is come Saturday, we invited him to bring it to our D-day memorial to be part of the festivities. But would like to read up a little on it.

Hi Fret. The Bristol Bulldog was a pre-WWII biplane fighter. I don't believe there are any airworthy examples in the world. The Beagle (later Scottish Aviation) Bulldog was a military trainer development of the Beagle Pup. This Bulldog was designed, built & first flown at Shoreham before Beagle Aircraft folded.
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It was the standard RAF primary trainer (replacing the DH Chipmunk) until recently when many were sold off to private buyers.
http://www.beaglepupandbulldogclub.org/aircraft.html

I took this shot at the Shoreham RAFA show last year.

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I believe the Bulldog was nice to fly & popular with pilots. Pee Wee Judge used to throw it around a treat.

It also seems popular with private owners since the RAF replaced it with the Slingsby Firefly. I've seen quite a few recently. The main problem was with the maintenance. Some years ago I used to overhaul the nose legs & main oleo struts. These were badly designed & a continual cause of trouble. Although they were modified several times the problem was never completely resolved to my knowledge.

Just a few years before I retired I was personally responsible for the hose layout on the fully aerobatic lubrication system. This was a retrofit based on the unit fitted to the Pitts Special but the installation had to be completely redesigned. My company supplied an initial order of 125 sets of these hoses with repeat orders at various intervals. I assume this was the number of Bulldogs in service at the time. Before then the Bulldog was never "fully aerobatic".

It was fine after the retrofit. The RAF Chipmunk was not fully aerobatic & only capable of simple positive G manoeuvres. It doesn't have an inverted fuel or lubrication system.

Much as I love the dear old Chipmunk I can't comment. I've never flown in a Pup or a Bulldog, let alone taken the controls. Ultimate High, the outfit that gave me my experience in the Extra, now have 2 Bulldogs. They offer training to PPL standard + an advanced aerobatics & formation flying course in the Bulldog. I seriously considered taking advantage of it before going the whole hog on the Extra.

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Ah no Mark. Sorry, I didn't explain it too well. I meant do it now, properly. It would mean starting again & getting my PPL first. My old licences expired years ago & my logbook disappeared without trace.

I've since decided against it. Flying is too regulated nowadays & I'm getting too old for that stuff. I prefer my memories.

Thanks guys I knew I could count on you!!
My mom just told me this afternoon that he said it was either a "British Bulldog" or "Scottish"
That is why I couldn't find any photos at Airliners, I was typing bulldog, British Bulldog never tried Scottish
Anyway I appreciate the help.
I like the Bristol Bulldog in the link Ozzy posted, for some reason as of late I'm growing fond of Bi-planes and that one in the link is SWEET!
Thanks again!
Jeff

Just to let you guys know I talked to the Doctor last evening and it is in fact a Scotish Aviation Bulldog that he owns, so with lack of any useful information Hagar hit the nail on the head!
I'm looking forward to seeing this plane in person and will take photos to post.
I forgot to ask him if it had a second seat, might be able to hit him up for a ride After all I already have paid him $40K in medical expenses LOL!!! I'll let you know

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..and now all the lucky young RAF sproglets get to fly the Grob Tutor, which unlike some RAF aircraft (Chinook Mk3 and Typhoon) IS allowed to fly in cloud. Only the Army and Navy get to fly the Firefly at Barkston Heath now...

Charlie

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Durn you ARE old!  Was Mr. Sopwith a nice guy?  The most I've seen is a 1-1/2 Strutter in the nude, no fabric.

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And, pray tell, I beseech thee, since when have we let the facts get in between us?