Frank W. (possibly William) Broughton, a printing works
foreman according to Orde-Hume [1], had purchased 'Flying Flea' G-ADPX from E.G. Perman in March 1936. With all the safety issues being discovered with the 'Flea' design, Broughton started to develop a replacement
to be available at about the £200 bracket, ex-works. It used the same wing section as the Flea but was a much more conventional
light aircraft, akin to Luton’s LA-3 and later LA-4 Minor. Powered by a Perman-Ford, it was called the Broughton Midget.
Perman and Broughton collaborated and the type was finished as the Perman Parasol.
Broughton broke his association
with Perman and formed the Broughton Blayney Aircraft Co Ltd at London Air Park, Feltham on 3 September 1936
with financial assistance from Adolf Jarvis Blayney (b. 25 June 1910 at Leeds – d. 9 February 1995
at Bramhope, Leeds). The aircraft were built at T.H. Gill & Son, car body manufactures, of which Blayney was a director.
Following two fatal crashes, the company folded in 1937 and the factory was taken over for the production of Tipsy two-seaters.
Company References
British Light
Aeroplanes 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2000)
Aeroplane Monthly May 1979
Project Data
Project
No
Type No
Name
Alternative
Name(s)
Year
Spec
Status
Qty
Description
References
Brawney
1936
3
1S, 1E ultra light
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Project References
British Civil
Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 2nd Ed., 1973)
British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1920,
Ken Ellis (Merseyside Aviation Society, 1975)
British Light Aeroplanes 1920-1940, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume
(GMS Enterprises, 2000)
Ultralights, The Early British Classics, Richard Riding (Patrick Stephens, 1987)
Aeroplane Monthly May 1979
Aeroplane Monthly Sep 1979
Air Britain Archive 2000/1
(Air-Britain Publications)
Air Pictorial Jul 1969
Production Data
C/n BB.50, regd G-AENM to Broughton Blayney
Aircraft Co Ltd; Sold, but not regd, to Alexander Battley Scaife in March 1937. Fatal crash 21 March.
C/n BB.51,
regd G-AERF to Broughton Blayney Aircraft Co Ltd; To Alfred Stanley Bacon prior to purchace on 6 June 1937. Fatal crash same
day.
C/n BB.52, regd G-AERG to Broughton Blayney Aircraft Co Ltd.
C/n BB.53, apparently under construction
by an amateur bulder at the Broughton Blayney facility, but not completed