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Broburn

 Broburn Sailplanes Ltd


History

The Broburn Wanderlust was designed and built at Woodley Airfield by two young employees of Miles Aircraft, K.W. Radburn and T.E. Brown. A high performance sailplane, it made its first flight, in the hands of Miles Aircraft's Chief Test Pilot, Hugh Rendall, in 1947.

Despite hopes of marketing the Wanderlust in finished and in kit form, only one was made. This was flown by many pilots including Lorne Welch. In 1993, having been in storage at Farnborough since 1970, it was donated to the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.



Project Data top

Project No
Type No
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Year
Spec
Status
Qty
Description
References
     Wanderlust    1946    Proto  1  1S sailplane  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Project References
  1. British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970, Norman Ellison (Adam and Charles Black, 1970)
  2. British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1920, Ken Ellis (Merseyside Aviation Society, 1975)
  3. British Gliders, P.H. Butler (Merseyside Aviation Society, 2nd Ed. 1975)
  4. Flight 1 Nov 1945
  5. Aeroplane 8 March 1946
  6. Aeroplane Spotter 9 April 1947
  7. Soaring Magazine, March-April 1947
  8. http://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/html/exhibits/broburn.htm




Production Data

One aircraft only; BAPC.233

   Total Broburn Production     1    

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