
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
C/n (msn): | 1 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | StaplefordMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGSG IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | October 1936 |
Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
Photo ID: | 792457 |
Photo Comment |
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Original prototype Wicko F.W.1, built in Lusty's furniture factory, Bow, East London. Powered by a modified Ford V8 car engine, underslung radiator is evident in this photo. The engine proved to be too heavy and although the aircraft flew well the take-off run was too long. It was subsequently rebuilt as the F.W.2 with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I. Following storage in Birmingham during WW2 it was restored post-war but lapsed into dereliction at Portsmouth and disappeared in 1953. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner in 1980. This photo was added on 24 March 2025, and has since been viewed 51 times. |