[SteveS]

Originally Posted by mustang

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

Thanks Mustang,

I appreciate any info you come up with. The name "Bristol M1 Gypsy Racer" is what the plans were labeled so it might very well just be that the model plan needed a name by the designer.

Thanks,

Salute,
Steve