LIGHT DELIGHTS

From a house in Coventry have emerged a pair of splendid, and contrasting, inter-war light aeroplanes — a reproduction Hawker Cygnet and restored Aeronca C3, both now flying from Old Warden CYGNET AND AERONCA Scott Butler flying Hawker Cygnet reproduction G-EBJI. There were two original examples of this early Sydney Camm design, which took part in the 1924 Lympne light aeroplane trials; Colin Essex’s new-build example was given a period registration. Pictured over the lush expanses of Old Warden Park,