Originally Posted by
sablatnic
You are right, the B.A.C. Planetta!
Thanks for that..
As I understand it, Charles Herbert Lowe-Wylde's BAC VII two-seater was developed into the BAC VII Mk. 2 and during the summer of 1932, C H Lowe-Wylde converted two of these into single-seat powered gliders by fitting a 600 cc Douglas Sprite engine on a pylon above the wing and driving a pusher propeller.
This aircraft was known as the Lowe-Wylde Planette and it was first demonstrated at Hanworth on November 27th, 1932. Two further machines were converted in the same manner by December 27th that year. The designer now referred to the machine as the Drone. Sadly It was while flying one of these at Maidstone on May 13th, 1933, that the 32- year-old C H Lowe-Wylde was killed
I found the following photograph of C H Lowe-Wylde on the net. I believe it is the guy in the challenge image.
