Aircraft Photo of G-AAGL | Cierva C-19

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-AAGL
Aircraft Original Type:	Avro 620 Rota/Cierva C-19
Aircraft Generic Type:	Avro 620 Rota/Cierva C-19
Aircraft Version:	Cierva C-19
C/n (msn):	5131

Location
City / Airport:	Haldon Aerodrome, Bishopsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ13 0BW
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	None
Event:	Haldon Aerodrome Opening Pageant 1929

Photo Date:	21 September 1929
Photo from:	Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:	732570

Photo Comment
First registered 19.4.29 as G-AAGL to the Cierva Autogyro Co Ltd., London (aircraft actually based at Hamble, Hampshire). G-AAGL was one of the original three prototypes, powered by an 80 hp Armstrong Siddeley Genet radial piston engine. Built at Hamble by Avro, as a contractor - hence referred to in A.V. Roe production records as an "Avro 620". Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21.9.29 when caught by a gust of wind and blown backwards, cartwheeling, fortunately ending up on its undercarriage, the pilot, Mr A. H. C. Rowson, Cierva's test pilot, was unharmed. Credit W K Kilsby This photo was added on 1 October 2024, and has since been viewed 156 times.

Photo Comment

First registered 19.4.29 as G-AAGL to the Cierva Autogyro Co Ltd., London (aircraft actually based at Hamble, Hampshire). G-AAGL was one of the original three prototypes, powered by an 80 hp Armstrong Siddeley Genet radial piston engine. Built at Hamble by Avro, as a contractor - hence referred to in A.V. Roe production records as an "Avro 620". Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21.9.29 when caught by a gust of wind and blown backwards, cartwheeling, fortunately ending up on its undercarriage, the pilot, Mr A. H. C. Rowson, Cierva's test pilot, was unharmed. Credit W K Kilsby

This photo was added on 1 October 2024, and has since been viewed 156 times.

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