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Old 29th Sep 2009, 12:51
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A Miles Nighthawk was on display in the new and experimental types that year, and it's also possible it might have been the recent Paris - Madagascar record-breaking Caudron-Renault 'Simoun' - it slopes downwards aft of the cabin...


OK, journo here, so recognise what the hacks at 'Flight' were doing. On checking the pages previewing the show, the following paragraphs appeared one after the other - going down the line perhaps? So for my money a blurred photo of the Miles..

Certain machines are now being built to the new specification
A.39/34 for army co-operation aircraft, one of these,
a Westland product with a Bristol Mercury engine,
being exhibited in the "new and experimental" park.
A Miles Nighthawk training aircraft will be among the
" new and experimental " types. The 130 h.p. Gipsy Major
and 200 h.p. Gipsy Six are alternative power plants.
1936 | 1675 | Flight Archive

For those not in the know, the pic is a crop from a larger one which features a Lysander immediately to the left...

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