Miles Messenger 5 G-ALAC
Miles Messenger 5 G-ALAC, race number 38 at Shoreham for the Daily Express South Coast Air Race which was held on 22 September 1951. 38 was flown by P.G. Lawrence, but was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing near Faversham. G-ALAC was formerly Messenger I RH420 of the RAF, which was handed over to Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd. as a test-bed for their Bombardier 702 engine, becoming a Messenger 5 in the process. Flown by them as G-2-1 for some time, only wearing CAA registration G-ALAC for its first and only public appearance at the South Coast Air Race
Picture No
13127000
Media ID
47753694
Size
7087px x 3033px
(5.4MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - original negative acquired from the WILL BLUNT collection
Date
1951
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