| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-AACN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Handley Page HP.39 Gugnunc |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Handley Page HP.39 Gugnunc |
| Aircraft Version: | Handley Page HP.39 Gugnunc |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Garden City - Mitchel AFB (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 767079 |
| Photo Comment |
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Participant in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition held in New York. The winner was the Curtiss Tanager which used without approval Handley-Page's patented slotted wing. Curtiss admitted the transgression in court. G-AACN has been preserved by the Science Museum in London. Photo from: The Elizabeth S. Keast Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight This photo was added on 11 January 2025, and has since been viewed 113 times. |