Registration / Serial: | G-ABXN |
Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 11 April 1933 to 30 April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 576997Submit Correction |
View count: | 382 |
The Courier prototype seen on one of its first flights, which were carried out by RAE pilot George Stainforth. Designed as an upmarket private aircraft, the type featured retractable landing gear, and the prototype was ordered by Alan Cobham for a non-stop flight to India with aerial refuelling. He only got as far as Malta on 22 September 1934.
Registration / Serial: | G-ABXN |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 11 April 1933 to 30 April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | G-ABXN |
Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 11 April 1933 to 30 April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 576997Submit Correction |
View count: | 382 |
The Courier prototype seen on one of its first flights, which were carried out by RAE pilot George Stainforth. Designed as an upmarket private aircraft, the type featured retractable landing gear, and the prototype was ordered by Alan Cobham for a non-stop flight to India with aerial refuelling. He only got as far as Malta on 22 September 1934.
Registration / Serial: | G-ABXN |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
C/n (msn): | 7 |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 11 April 1933 to 30 April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |