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 Horace Short's Notebook (1909)

In this notebook, Horace Short made detailed sketches of the Wright Flyer from which the first official working drawings were made. The flying demonstrations of the Wright A in France resulted in a number of enquiries for replicas of the Wright aircraft. On Griffith Brewer's recommendation, the firm…

 British & Colonial Aeroplane Company Ltd. Minute Book No.1 (1910-1919)

The National Aerospace Library at Farnborough holds an extensive archive of original material relating to the work of FS Barnwell (including a number of his design notebooks) and to the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company and its successor the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Included in the Library's…