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Brookland Production

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Produced Variants

Mosquito Mk.1
 		 Single seat gyroplane, featuring a stepped keel, horizontal stabiliser and cyclic stick for rotor control. One 1,500 cc. Brooks modified Volkswagen powerplant.
Mosquito Mk.2
 		 Production version of Mk.1, with straight keel, no horizontal stabiliser and conventional stick controls. One 1,600 cc. Brooks modified Volkswagen powerplant.
Hornet As Mosquito Mk.2 but featuring a gimballed rotor head. Originally designated Mosquito Mk.3.


Production List Page Top

C/n Initial
Registration		 Type Notes
 17 aircraft, or components thereof, built as indicated.
 1  G-ATSW  Mosquito Mk.1  Built by Ernest Brooks and first flown 30 August 1962, but not registered until 1966. Converted to Mk.2 in 1968 per Ellis [2].
 2  G-AVYW  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks November 1967. See note 2.
 3/L.C.1  G-AWIF  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Luciano Chiappi April 1968 from components supplied by Brookland.
 4/FT.07  G-AWJO  Mosquito Mk.2  Built by Fewsdale Tigercraft Ltd. Regd to Frederick Fewsdale May 1968, presumably kit built. See note 3.
 5  G-AVHC  Mosquito Mk.2  Mk. 2 prototype Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks February 1967. To Robert Henderson Ryan January 1970. See note 1.
 6/FT.10  G-AWJS  Mosquito Mk.2  Built by Fewsdale Tigercraft Ltd. Regd to Frederick Fewsdale May 1968, presumably kit built. See note 4.
 7  G-AWLK  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks July 1968. To France November 1968 as F-WMEF.
 8  G-AWTZ  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks November 1968. Transferred to Brookland Rotorcraft June 1969. Converted to Hornet in 1970.
 9  G-AWVP  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks December 1968. Transferred to Brookland Rotorcraft June 1969.
 10  G-AWVU  Mosquito Mk.2  Built/Regd to Ernest Brooks December 1968. Transferred to Brookland Rotorcraft June 1969.
 11/JB1  G-BGEX  Mosquito Mk.2  Built by D.G. Cree. Regd to John Gilbert Beesley 1978. See note 5.
 12  G-AYEU  Hornet  Built/Regd to Brooklands Rotorcraft June 1970. To Anthony James Philpotts, Bude, July 1978.
 13    Hornet  See Note 6.
 14    Hornet  See Note 6.
 15    Hornet  See Note 6.
 16  G-PHIL  Hornet  Built by Gyroflight in 1970. To Anthony James Philpotts, Bude, July 1978
 17  G-AYFS  Hornet  Built/Regd to Brooklands Rotorcraft June 1970.
Total Production   17



Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Mosquito Mk.1 1     1
 Mosquito Mk.2 10 (1)   11
 Hornet 5 (1) 1 7
  16 (2) 1  


Notes
The actual c/n and registration tie up for the Brookland machines is extremely unclear, but the following notes summarise this authors conclusions.
  1. The actual c/n and registration tie up for the Brookland machines is extremely unclear, but the following notes summarise this authors conclusions.

  2. The CAA at G-INFO [3] gives this as c/n 4; Ellis [2] gives this as c/n 2, which is more logical given the registration dates.

  3. Ellis [2] gives this as c/n 3, which is logical.

  4. Although Ellis [2] believes this to be F-WMEF, this author believes this is more logical as G-AWJS, which otherwise has no related Brooks c/n.

  5. C/n 11 would appear to be most logical as this is a Mk.2, but see note 5.
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  6. In 1978,Tony Phillpots acquired various components enough to complete nine Brookland gyroplanes. These presumably are machines c/ns 9 to 17. Six aircraft are positively identified (c/ns 9 to 12, 16 and 17). Two further machines were produced from Phillpots' acquisition:
    • G-BRPP, c/n DC-1, recorded iin G-INFO as built by Gyroflight in 1970. Regd to David Eric Cox, Fraddon, Cornwall, 1989.
    • G-MIKE, c/n MG-1, recorded in G-INFO as built by Gyroflight in 1972. Regd to Michael Howard John Goldring, Newton Abbot, 1978
    These presumably account for two of the three c/ns13-15, the third remaining uncompleted.

Production References
  1. British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Vol 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1973)
  2. British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1920 2nd Ed, Ken Ellis (Merseyside Aviation Society, 1979)
  3. http://www.caa.co.uk

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