Miles monoplane landing at Heston
Last week I managed to visit the owner of the Miles Hawk Trainer G-ADWT which according to my records most probably was the aircraft which landed at
Heston. He graciously showed me all the aircraft records and historical
photos pertaining to the Hawk over a number of years, but unfortunately the old logbook from previous pilots, which might have detailed the landing there was missing when he purchased DWT. So it rather looks that after all these years unless someone who used to work for Heston Aircraft, the M.T.C.A. (Southern Divn.) or Fairey Aviation are still alive and not too decrepid, has the answer, this will remain a mystery.
One possibility however may be the fact that various aircraft flew into Heston
earlier to have Fairey metal propellers fitted when the airfield was still open, for instance Prince Bira, a famous racing driver from Siam (now Thailand) had his new Miles Gemini fitted with these sometime in the 40's, and I can remember a red Gemini taking off from Heston around 1952/3 which may well have had the same installation by Fairey's.