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) Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 18315, 24 Sep 1938 (Airwork School of Flying, Heston)
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. ... and this is presumably Dorothy and Saleh with the Aerogypt I (she was registered as the owner) It was based at White Waltham Airfield from 1943, but written off in 1946 and spent its remaining days as a hen coop: in 1960 ('Flight')
d. 5 Mar 1993 - West Wittering, Sussex |