Garland Aircraft Company

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The Garland Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer that operated in the late 1950s and 1960s.

History[]

Patrick Garland and Doug Bianchi built a version of the French Piel Emeraude light aircraft that would meet British airworthiness requirements.[1] Named the Garland-Bianchi Linnet it was built at White Waltham Airfield and first flown on 1 September 1958 from .[1] The Garland Aircraft Company was formed to put the Linnet into production.[1] The company built two more Linnets although the second was not completed and it was sold to Fairflight Limited to continue production as the Fairtravel Linnet.[1]

Aircraft[]

  • 1958 – Garland-Bianchi Linnet

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Smith 2004, pp. 69–70

References[]

  • Smith, Ron (2004). British Built Aircraft South East England. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2993-0.


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