I have just been given these photo’s by a friend. They show Zander and Weyl Ltd later Dunstable Aircraft Ltd workshop. Which I think is Luton road Dunstable. The aircraft are a Lilienthal Glider for the 1936 film ‘The Conquest of the Air and a Grunau Baby fuselage. Note the tree through the middle of the workshop!

Dave

The ‘Irish Swoop’ was with drawn from the race. Melrose’s Puss moth looks like it was silver and Jacqueline Cochran’s Gee Bee R-6H QED was dark green posibily Olive green.

Dave

I remember two flyingboat hulls at Felixstowe ferry ( Bawsey ). One was the grey painted Southampton house boat and very near to that was a metal hulled pre war flyingboat, which i never knew what it was. I saw them many times as my grandparents retired to Felixstowe in 1960. Also ther where landing craft that had been converted to houseboats. The other metal hull flying boat disappeared some time before the Southampton was rescued in october 1967.

Dave

Grunau Baby 11b in german markings!

Dave

There is another good book on Percival’s called ‘Percival and Hunting Aircraft’ by John Silvester

As promised photos of Dunstable factory Grice and Young at Albion street this also i think was Scott aircraft factory. The flats are where the main workshop was in Matthew street and a photo Dart Aircraft factory back of the high street

Dave

The Luton LA2 Minor (the tandem wing) did some test flying of short duration at Barton according to C.H.Latimer-Needhan . A.Ord-Hume says it was only hopped. The wing section was Clark YH modified, later it was intended to change the front wing to probably Gottingen 387 section. Later LA4 Minors have a RAF48 modified wing section.

Dave