Garland-Bianchi/Fairtravel Linnet

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Garland-Bianchi Linnet 1
Two seat, side-by-side, low-wing cantilever monoplane of fabric-covered, wooden construction, with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage and side-by-side seating for two. The wing comprised a rectangular inner half and elliptical outer, all built around a main spar of unusual proportions, being greater in chord than normal, and the chord not tapering along the span. The fuselage was a spruce box structure, with a Warren truss side structure combined with three bulkheads and cross members. Formers and stringers rounded out the fuselage profile. The cantilever tailplane was also a single spar structure, and the fin was built integral with the fuselage. Compared to the original Emeraude, the Linnet featured a castoring tailwheel and 28 gallons of fuel in two tanks, up from a single 18-gallon tank. Additionally, the cockpit lines were refined to fair better into the fuselage, jettisonable cabin doors and dual controls were fitted. One 90 h.p. Continental C90-F powerplant.

Garland-Bianchi Linnet 1 Specification
Span	Length	Height	Wing Area	Empty Wt	Max AUW	Cruise Speed	Maximum Speed	Range	Service Ceiling
26 ft 4 in	20 ft 9 in	7 ft 2 in	117 sq ft	835 lb	1350 lb	116 mph/ 101 kn	133 mph/ 116 kn	700 mi
8.03 m	6.32 m	2.18 m	10.87 m2	379 kg	612 kg	187 km/h	214 km/h	1127 km

Fairtravel Linnet 2
As Linnet 1, further refined with a one piece sliding canopy, slimline wheel spats and a 105 h.p. Continental O-200 powerplant.

C/n	Initial Registration	Type	Notes
1 aircraft built by Garland-Bianchi at White Waltham, Berks. First flew 1 September 1958.
001	G-APNS	Linnet 1	To P.A.T. Garland and D.E. Bianchi.
1 aircraft built by Garland Aircraft at White Waltham, Berks, in early 1959.
002	G-APRH	Linnet 1	To P.A.T. Garland and D.E. Bianchi. Later to Fairtravel and modified to Linnet 2 standard in 1962.
003	G-APVO		To Croydon Aero Club but ntu and not completed. Completed by Fairtravel as Linnet 2 G-ASFW.
3 aircraft built by Fairfield Ltd at Maidenhead, Berks, between March 1963 and January 1965.
003	G-ASFW	Linnet 2	To Blackbushe Aviation Ltd.
004	G-ASMT		To Glassridge Ltd.
005	G-ASZR		To International Travel Ltd.
Total Production 5

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British Isles Civil Aircraft Register 1919-2011, (LAAS International)
British Private Aircraft, 1946-1970, Volume 2, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (Mushroom Model Publications, 2013)