Aircraft Photo of G-ABIX | Arrow Active I | AirHistory.net #772325
Location
City / Airport:Sherburn in ElmetMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGCJ   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Air Fete - 1931
 
Photo Date:31 May 1931
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID: 772325
Photo Comment

First of two Actives built by Messrs Thornton & Oddy of the Arrow Aircraft Company, Leeds. This was its first public demonstration, pilot was Flt Lt C.B.Wincott. Written off (destroyed) 30 Dec 1935 when it crashed in flames at Marshchapel, East Lindsay, eleven miles south east of Grimsby, Lincolnshire following an engine fire while performing aerobatics. Pilot/owner Alex Henshaw bailed out safely, although he had to "dodge" the Arrow Active as it spiralled into the ground on fire, the aircraft at one point crossing Henshaw's descent path.

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