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Post by planecrazy on Jul 19, 2013 19:15:56 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Aug 8, 2013 16:48:31 GMT 12
Very nice; that Airco DH.9 is quite rare (or is it a reproduction?). Good to see the relatively unsung Pfalz D XII on display too.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 8, 2013 18:29:46 GMT 12
The Airco DH9 G-EAQM is original, and has a history.
It was the aircraft that Ray Parer and John McIntosh used as their entrant in a bid to win the kudos of being the first to fly from the UK to Australia in early 1920.
The competition was, of course, won by Ross and Keith Smith in their Vickers Vimy.
Parer's DH9 was sponsored by Peter Dawson whiskey - hence the 'P.D."
Parer did win the dubious honour of taking the longest time to complete the trip of all of the successful entrants - 206 days.
The aircraft spent many years in the custody of Parer's old secondary school before passing into the AWM museum.
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Post by nuuumannn on Aug 17, 2013 15:34:26 GMT 12
Thanks Peter, There are very few complete original D.H.9s around, one at IWM Duxford, one at Le Bourget, what can only be described as a mock up incorporating original parts in India and that one, so that makes it quite special.
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