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Post by isc on Aug 1, 2017 14:32:25 GMT 12
When I was working in Rex Aviation's engine shop at Bell Block in 1966 there was a Flying Flea and engine stacked in a corner of the workshop, didn't really take too much notice of it at the time. isc
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Post by madmax on Aug 1, 2017 15:33:42 GMT 12
isc - The aircraft in Rex hangar was most likely the aircraft which is in the Taranaki museum now as I know of no other Fleas that were built in the Taranaki district
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 1, 2017 17:13:23 GMT 12
The Flea was completed by McMillan brothers in 1936 and flown on at least one occasion. It was displayed at a Stratford airshow in 1937 but did not fly there. In 1938 It was loaned to ER Brewster for him to further experiment with a multi-slotted wing. Whether the multi-slotted wing ( supposedly built from timber from ZK-ACU) was ever completed and fitted to the Flea is unknown. Now I am back home and can check, I agree with the above - Brian & Ian McMillan, Stratford. Scott Squirrell engine. |
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Post by pjw4118 on Aug 2, 2017 9:13:22 GMT 12
Well thats answered the question! Many thanks all , certainly a place to include on a Taranaki trip. Local museums seem to hold treasures at time , I recall that the Westport Coal museum had Oxford parts on display and the Nelson Wearable Arts had a sectioned Sabre engine . You just never know what is lurking .
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