
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | G-ACXO |
Other Marks: | 35 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Fairey Fox |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairey Fox |
Aircraft Version: | Fairey Fox I |
C/n (msn): | F.856 |
Operator Titles: | Morobe Goldfields |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | MildenhallMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGUN IATA: MHZ Local: - Other: - |
Event: | MacRobertson Air Race 1934 |
Photo Date: | 15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 161059 |
Photo Comment |
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The Fairey Fox competed with the Hawker Hart family and equipped only one RAF squadron, No 12, from 1926 until 1931. Two surplus Foxes took part in the London to Melbourne Air Race and this one, formerly J7950, was flown by Roy Parer, a veteran of the 1919 England to Australia contest. By the time the winning DH.88 Comet finished, Parer and his navigator were only in Paris, but they eventually arrived in Melbourne on 13 February 1935. The aircraft was sold as VH-UTR. Photo from: Flight This photo was added on 23 August 2019, and has since been viewed 979 times. |