The installation of the 32 h.p. Bristol Cherub engine.

Makers of light plane history. The picture shows the Beardmore Wee Bee, with Bristol "Cherub," which won the Lympne light plane competition in 1924.
The Wee Bee in action at the 1924 Lympne trials, Maurice Piercey in charge.

The Wee Bee on trial at Martlesham Heath, early in 1926

At Lympne in August 1926.

At Whitchurch Bristol, 1932-33.

The Wee Bee at Dalmuir in its first form, with unbalanced rudder.

Maurice Piercey peers from his confined front cockpit during the Lympne trials. The view forward was good, owing to the “hollow-ground” top decking.

How he got in - the leading edge folded back to permit entry.

In Australia as VH-URJ, circa 1934.

“Bill” Shackleton (left) and Piercey discuss tactics at Lympne.

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