Bristol Racer - A racing aircraft that is far ahead of its time.
The Bristol Type 72 Racer was a British racing monoplane designed by Wilfrid Thomas Reid and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton, England.
The Bristol Racer was built to demonstrate the capabilities of the Bristol Jupiter engine designed by Roy Fedden.It was a single-engined mid-wing monoplane with, unusual for the time, a retractable undercarriage.