In 1913, Frank Barnwell designed the Bristol Scout, which was the
fastest and most manoeuvrable warplane for the first eighteen
months of the First World War, and became the prototype single-seat
fighter from which all later fighters were derived. As a result
Barnwell became one of the seminal figures in the development of
aircraft design. In 1916, Flt Sub Lt F. D. H. Bremner RNAS flew
Bristol Scouts for No. 2 Wing in the eastern Mediterranean. In
1983, his grandson David discovered three aircraft parts from Scout
no. 1264 in his late grandfather's workshop and twenty years later
he, together with his friend Theo Willford, researched the
possibility of rebuilding her from these three parts. This book
interweaves the previously unpublished early life of Barnwell and
his brother Harold, the operational and technical history of his
creation the Bristol Scout, Bremner's flying career, and the
challenges faced by Theo together with David and his brother Rick
in recreating 1264 and getting her back in the air. Neither Frank
Barnwell nor the Bristol Scout have received the acclaim due to
them in the history of military aviation and this lavishly
illustrated book attempts to put the record straight.
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