- Brighton's company, M.A. Brighton and Co., built the Vulgarian airship used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), with additional help from Giles Camplin and Arthur Eveleigh-de-Moleyns. Brighton tested the aircraft with his mentor Anthony Smith, and flew it with stunt pilot Derek Piggott. They spent 11 hours flying the aircraft before crashing it into power lines.
- Brighton made exactly 100 flights in his life.
- Brighton owned two companies: M.A. Brighton and Co. in Farnham, Surrey in 1966; and MAB Balloons in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1967.
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