G-EBJM Bristol 91
Brownie
(c/n 6528)
The ulta-light Brownie was
built to compete in the Air Ministry Light Aeroplane Trials held at
Lympne, in Kent, in 1924. Three Brownies were built with
varying types of construction, one
of which won the second prize in
its class. Following the trials a sister aircraft, G-EBJL, was
used by the
Bristol and Wessex Club at Filton for a number of years. In fact,
the Brownie
was probably one
of the more robust designs to come out of the trials. It
was designed by
Captain Frank Barnwell who, when
visiting Farnborough in 1928, racked G-EBJM up in a
tree.and wrote it off. (The design really were light!).