Aeroplane Monthly 1985-07
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R.Riding - Bristol Brownie /British pre-war ultralights/ (52)
THE FIRST OF THE ELIMINATING TESTS AT LYMPNE: Some of the competing machines photographed during the folding, housing and re-erecting test. 5, the Bristol "Brownie."
A Brownie passes through the 10ft alley-way during the eliminations at Lympne on September 27, 1924.
The Light 'Plane Competition, Lympne: The Bristol "Brownie" monoplane, No. 1, gets away. It is fitted with a Bristol "Cherub" engine.
Uwins flying the unregistered and repaired G-EBJK at Lympne in September 1924.
The original Brownie after conversion to Type 91B. Note the revised rudder and streamlined nose. The aircraft also has a sprung undercarriage, horn balanced rudder and specially built 17ft 4 1/2 in steel wings.
THE BRISTOL "BROWNIE" LIGHT MONOPLANE, BRISTOL "CHERUB" ENGINE: Three-quarter rear view.
G-EBJK photographed in its original form, before its crash at Filton on September 5, 1924.
Brownie G-EBJL converted to a single-seater.
The third Brownie, G-EBJM, was first flown on September 24,1924, and is seen here as a single-seater.
Another view of Brownie G-EBJK in its original form.
Bristol Brownie