Thanks Graeme.
The D.H.71 was built in 1926 to investigate high-speed monoplane flight and to serve as a test bed for developing the D.H. Gipsy engine, a follow-on power plant to the Cirrus. For the era it employed an amazing degree of streamlining and was actually built "around" (rather than for) its test pilot, Hubert Broad Only two were built - G-EBQU and G-EBRV. The first and former was sent to Australia in 1930 and registered VH-UNH to Frank.K. Bardsley of Sydney on 20 January of that year. It crashed on 17 September 1930 whilst practicing for an air race after suffering engine failure on take-off, killing the pilot, Dave Smith, 20, registered owner of the Ryan B-1 G-AUIZ and the youngest commercial pilot in Australia at that time.
New challenge will be posted later.