12 August 1913

Henri Coandă, chief designer of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, developed the T.B.8 as a biplane development of his earlier Bristol-Coanda Monoplane to meet an order from the British Admiralty. The first aircraft, a conversion of a Bristol-Coanda monoplane, flew on 12 August 1913. Ultimately, 54 T.B.8's were built. They served primarily as trainers until 1916.