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Originally Posted by SteveS
First of all, "Congrats", Bulldog90 on getting wed. Must be a special woman who will let you visit museums on your honeymoon. She does know doesn't she? 
Well, this thread is a bit timely.
This would be the Bristol M1 Gypsy Racer, I presume.
I'm in the process of building a free flight model of it in its in line configuration. I've only seen two grainy photos of it. Can anyone point me to any others? I've seen current photos of it in red with the rotary but am looking for any with the in-line Gypsy engine as built by Horrie Miller.
Also I've not been able to find if it was indeed ever raced.
Thanks for any help you send my way!
Salute,
Steve |
Mustang again. I never heard it referred to as the Gypsy Racer and I can't say if it was ever raced. One bit of history though. I can recall that it was advertised for sale at Christmas 1939, just after the start of WW2. It was based at Parafield airport near Adelaide South Australia where Horrie Miller operated a charter business. The asking price was 150 pounds Australian, about 450 dollars at that time. It was never sold and Miller eventually flew it to Perth Western Australia where he eventually formed McRobertson-Miller Airways.
I operated an aviation business from the same airport until about 20 years ago and I recall a photo of the aircraft in flight was displayed in the ground floor of the tower building. It had been removed the last time I was in the building and I can't say at this time what happened to it.
Over the next few days I will contact the airport management and see if it can be found
I will get back to you.
Cheers
Mustang