Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789
Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T. Youngman. It was designed by L. E. Baynes AFRAeS, using components from the Percival Proctor, and built by Heston Aircraft Company Ltd. Test pilot Flight Lieutenant Ralphs Munday piloted the first flight at Heston Aerodrome on 5 February 1948, carrying the military serial VT789
Picture No
13448961
Media ID
47800640
Size
5433px x 2528px
(4.4MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from an original negative
Date
1948
