nee: Arkell Father: Herbert Arkell, Mother: Marie Louise Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 16399, 16 Oct 1938 (Airwork School of Flying, Heston) (photo missing) Address in 1938: "Courtfield", Courthouse Rd S, Maidenhead prev. Bookkeeper, Secretary; A R P
m. 1940 in Maidenhead Saleh Helmy (b. 1905 in Cairo, Egypt)
Saleh designed the Helmy Aerogypt at Heston Aerodrome in 1938. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane initially powered by three 22 hp (16 kW) Douglas Sprite engines, with an upward hinged roof that acted as a landing flap. Registered G-AFFG, it first flew in 1939.
It was based at White Waltham Airfield from 1943, but written off in 1946 and spent its remaining days as a hen coop:
d. 5 Mar 1993 - West Wittering, Sussex |