Aircraft Photo of G-AAVX | Saro A.17 Cutty Sark | AirHistory.net #343443
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AAVX
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):A17/4
Location
City / Seaplane Base:East Cowes - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 343443
Photo Comment

'The Hon. A E Guiness now owns another air yacht, a Saunders-Roe Cutty Sark, which we show here, about to set out from Cowes on a trial flight.' G-AAVX to Singapore Flying Club as VH-SAA in 1934. The Cutty Sark, named after a famous clipper ship, first flew in 1929 and this was the fourth example. Saunders-Roe were based here at Columbine Works in East Cowes, Isle of Wight. Photo from: Flight

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