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Fabric Cockade Panel From World’s Only Flying Bristol Scout C Hits The Market

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Following a recent recovering, the French cockade worn by a reproduction of Bristol Scout 1264 has hit the market.

Bristol Scout 1264 was first flown in 2015 at Bicesterbefore travelling across to Thassos in Greece in 2016 for the 100 years commemoration of the RNAS in the Dardanelles and then taken to France as partof the commemorations of the Battle of the Somme…. This is the only airworthy Bristol Scout ‘C’ type in the world. She has original parts (stick,rudder bar and magneto) which Flight Lieutenant FDH Bremner brought home from his time in Greece on Thassos where he flew his ‘Beloved 1264’ as part of the Gallipoli Campaign in WWI.

The reproduction machine was reportedly rebuilt “to the within 99% of the 1914 specification.” This particular section of linen fabric was sourced from the side of the Scout’s fuselage and measures 77 x 56 cm. All funds raised will go towards work on the aircraft engine and associated transportation to shows around the UK.

The fabric is located in Ludlow, United Kingdom and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

For additional information on this aircraft, check out The Flying Machine #3. A new book on its history and recreation is also available here.

(Photo: Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons)

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Bristol Scout 1264’s History, Recreation Chronicled in New Book

David Bremner has detailed the recreation of his grandfather’s Bristol Scout in his new book Bristol Scout 1264: Rebuilding Granddad’s Aircraft:

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.

The new book reportedly interweaves the previously unpublished early life of the Scout’s designer Frank Barnwell and his brother Harold, the operational and technical history of the aircraft, Bremner’s flying career, and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.

For additional information on the Bremner Scout, check out The Flying Machine #3.

Product Page: (£7.80-£25.00, or about $10-$32)

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