Bristol Ten-seater

The Bristol Ten-seater and the Bristol Brandon were British single engine biplane transport aircraft built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the early 1920s. Only three were built, two used as civil transports and one, the Brandon, serving with the Royal Air Force. When the government decided in early 1921 to subsidise approved airlines, Frank Barnwell designed a single engined transport. The Type 62 Ten-seater, registered G-EAWY, first flew with a Napier Lion engine on 21 June 1921 and was a large two bay biplane with a cabin for nine passengers and a forward cockpit for the pilot. The Type 75 used the intended Jupiter engine in a swing open power egg, and the Type 79 first flew on 19 March 1924 and was named the Brandon in 1925.