Frank Barnwell (1880 - August 2, 1938) was an aeronautical engineer, who performed the first powered flight in Scotland and later went on to a career as an aircraft designer. 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1908-9 Barnwell and his brother Harold were working at the Grampian Motors & Engineering Company in Stirling and building their prototype aeroplane. In 1909 Harold piloted the first powered flight in Scotland, in a field in Causewayhead under the Wallace Monument. A small monument to the brothers' pioneering achievement has been erected at Causewayhead roundabout. Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a city in central Scotland, in the council area of Stirling. ... The Wallace Monument Wallaces sword The Wallace National Monument was opened in 1869, in memory of William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish folk hero. ...
Frank Barnwell went on to work for what became the Bristol Airplane Company, designing aircraft including the Bristol Blenheim. The Bristol Type 142M Blenheim was a high-speed light bomber used extensively in the early days of World War II, built by Bristol Aeroplane Company. ...
He was killed in a plane crash in 1938.
External link
RAF history article on Barnwell's role in the Bristol Blenheim
Barnwell was one of the first designers in Britain to adopt the new technology of the stressed-skin monoplane, starting design of a high-speed six-seater in 1933.
FrankBarnwell loved to fly but unlike his brother Harold, he was not a great pilot and Bristol finally stopped him flying the company's aircraft.
Barnwell's last design, in a career which had helped aviation develop from 'stick and string' to the powerful all-metal monoplane, was the Beaufort torpedo bomber which first flew 11 weeks after his death.
FrankBarnwell was born of a North Country family in Lewisham, Kent in 1880.
Frank immediately began to assemble a team of engineers to produce a suitable combat machine to counteract the enemy's superiority on the Western Front.
This is the introduction to Captain FrankBarnwell - Aircaft Designer - 1880 to 1938.
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