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III engine of 95 h.p. The aircraft's maximum speed was advertised as 132 mph, with a landing speed with flaps down of 38 mph. However, no orders were received and the prototype was destroyed in a crash in June 1950 which resulted in the death of
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first flew in 1937. The firm advertised the M.A.1 in the aeronautical press, including "Flight" magazine where the aircraft was offered for sale to private owners for £750, equipped with a
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The company was headed by
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in 1950 and 1954. It was lost in a crash in mid-Wales during July 1958 whilst owned by the
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and having a covered cabin. This aircraft was shipped to Canada in 1940 and made a long cross-country flight from
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The company was formed on 1 January 1936 with a registered address at 45 Ashfield Road,
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in early 1939. This differed from the earlier aircraft in being powered by a 90 h.p
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Mosscraft MA.1 competing as No.4 in the Kings Cup air race at
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on 17 June 1950. It crashed fatally during the race.
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838:Foster, Wikner Aircraft
818:Fairey Aviation Company
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893:Hewlett & Blondeau
751:Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
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329:Companies
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