Angus Aquila

Aquila
Role Single-seat monoplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Arthur Leighton Angus
Designer Arthur Leighton Angus
First flight 1931
Number built 1


The Angus Aquila was a 1930s British single-seat low-wing monoplane designed and built by Arthur Leighton Angus.[1] It had an open cockpit and was powered by a 40 hp (30 kW) Salmson AD.9 radial engine.[1] The Aquila was registered G-ABIK[2] and test flown in early 1931 at Hanworth Aerodrome near London but it was destroyed in a crash on 21 March 1931 killing Angus.[1][3]

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson 1974, p. 285
  2. ↑ Civil Aviation Authority - Aircraft Register - G-ABIK
  3. ↑ "Airman killed at Hanworth" (News). The Times (London). Monday, 23 March 1931. (45778), col c, p. 9.
Sources
  • Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.