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Ltd for use as a flying laboratory and based at
Hatfield aerodrome, then in March 1940 it was impressed into service with No. 24 Squadron RAF. Returned to civil use in April 1946 and in April or May 1952, it disappeared on a flight over the French Alps, and is variously reported as either crashed or
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The fourth, fifth and sixth aircraft were designated
Phoenix II, and were each fitted with an improved 205 hp (153 kW) de Havilland Gipsy VI Series II engine and a de Havilland constant speed propeller.
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This aircraft had a modified forward cockpit glazing that became standard for new-build
Phoenix aircraft. It was used as a company demonstrator, and on 29 June 1936 was displayed at the
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survived military service to be sold for renewed civilian use in 1946 and was used for joyriding and charter flights until it crashed in the French Alps in April 1952.
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A Phoenix II, it was used by private operators until March 1940 when it was impressed into service with No. 24 Squadron RAF. In June 1944 it was scrapped.
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in stub-wings plus a faired tailwheel. It was the first
British high-wing monoplane fitted with a hydraulically operated retractable undercarriage.
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A Phoenix II, it was loaned to No.4 Squadron RAF before being sold. In March 1940 it was impressed into service as a communications aircraft with
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Havilland Gipsy VI Series II engine, driving a de Havilland constant speed propeller, three built.
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was the first design of the Heston
Aircraft Company formed in 1934. The Phoenix was a single-engined high-wing
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fuselage and wood-framed wing with plywood and fabric covering. It was powered by a 200 hp (149 kW)
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airfield, Athens, where in April 1941 it was destroyed during bombing by
Luftwaffe aircraft.
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Archive". UK: Air-Britain: 2005/149.
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Used as a company demonstrator until sold in Greece in August 1936. Based at
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Sold in
Australia, on 5 July 1936 it crashed in bad weather near
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single-engined five-seat light transport monoplane built by the
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The
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)
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series II 6-cylinder inline piston engine , 205 hp (153 kW)
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92:last survivor destroyed in April 1952
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389:Private owners and charter operators
442:40 ft 4 in (12.29 m)
166:engine, and had a retractable main
454:260 sq ft (24.15 m)
436:30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
311:Also a Phoenix II, it was sold to
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448:8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
35:The last surviving Phoenix II at
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794:Single-engined tractor aircraft
140:Heston Aircraft Company Limited
59:Heston Aircraft Company Limited
509:850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
313:Standard Telephones and Cables
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503:20,000 ft (6,095 m)
466:3,300 lb (1,497 kg)
316:force-landed, then abandoned.
236:Series I engine, three built.
799:Aircraft first flown in 1935
774:1930s British sport aircraft
678:Impressments Log Volume III
460:2,150 lb (975 kg)
406:Specifications (Phoenix II)
47:Five-seat touring monoplane
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410:Data from Jackson, 1988
291:at Speke on 13 Feb 1940.
676:Moss, Peter W. (1962).
415:General characteristics
663:Cite journal requires
631:Jackson, A.J. (1988).
181:G-ADAD, first flew at
146:Design and development
474:de Havilland Gipsy VI
234:de Havilland Gipsy VI
164:de Havilland Gipsy VI
132:Heston Type 1 Phoenix
232:Fitted with a 200hp
626:. Orbis Publishing.
398:No. 24 Squadron RAF
301:No. 24 Squadron RAF
193:Operational history
97:Primary users
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680:. UK: Air-Britain.
635:. London: Putnam.
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589:Meaden 2005
482:Performance
470:Powerplant:
216:Phoenix II
768:Categories
617:References
452:Wing area:
239:Phoenix II
199:Australian
179:registered
114:1935–1937
569:Moss 1962
440:Wingspan:
428:Capacity:
343:Australia
329:Operators
229:Phoenix I
177:Phoenix,
175:prototype
160:monocoque
156:monoplane
111:Produced
65:Designer
718:aircraft
514:See also
283:show at
247:Aircraft
224:Variants
197:The one
106:in 1940
39:in 1951
446:Height:
434:Length:
136:British
89:Status
753:T.1/37
748:A.2/45
716:Heston
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495:Range:
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257:Menidi
252:G-ADAD
218:G-AESV
548:Notes
422:Crew:
84:1936
44:Role
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637:ISBN
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