Aircraft Photo of G-ABVF | Saro A.17 Cutty Sark | AirHistory.net #343350
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ABVF
Aircraft Original Type:Saunders-Roe A.17 Cutty Sark
Aircraft Generic Type:Saunders-Roe A.17 Cutty Sark
Aircraft Version:Saro A.17 Cutty Sark
C/n (msn):A17/9
Aircraft Name:Hochi
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:California, United States
 
Photo Date:1932
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 343350
Photo Comment

Seiji Yoshihara in the cockpit of his Saro A.17 Cutty Sark, the only example built with a single engine, in San Francisco Bay. It appears that Yoshihara intended to fly this aircraft solo across the Pacific from the USA to Japan, but it crashed at Oakland. Details are hard to find. In 1930, Yoshihara had flown Junkers A50 Junior D-3 from Berlin to Tokyo and in 1931, he attempted a Pacific crossing in a float-equipped Junior, J-BENB, but crashed it off Hokkaido.

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