Barnwell's talent to the fore.
Frank Barnwell had joined the company, see the sparate story for his life, and had worked with Harry Busteed on one of his seaplanes. But once released from this project he sketched out the brilliant baby biplane. This was to be the first Scout, and when, in later years, Barnwell was tasked with giving the factory aircraft type numbers, he began with this one omitting any that had gone before. The Scout proved a success and for the first two years of of WW1 became the factory at Brislington, Bristol, main output. The 'Baby Biplane' was economical because of its simplicity of design. The original prototype weighed in at only 950 lbs complete with pilot and three hours fuel. Go to the next page > | This is page 8 of FILTON - THE AIRCRAFT. View the complete story contents. |