Aircraft Photo of G-AENU | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1

Aircraft
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
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
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 65 times.

Photo Comment

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 65 times.

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