Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06
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R.Riding - ANEC II /British pre-war ultralights/ (51)
Norman Jones flying the ANEC II during the 1927 King’s Cup air race held on August Bank Holiday. He was the first to take off but retired at Skegness after hitting a bird.
The ANEC II at Lympne, September 1923.
The ANEC II seen with later-type strutted undercarriage. The engine cowlings have been removed to reveal the Anzani engine.
Norman Jones racing the ANEC II at Bournemouth in June 1927.
View of the ANEC II in its original configuration, with two-cylinder Anzani engine and simple bent-tube undercarriage. The ANEC II was numbered 7 for the Lympne trials.
THE "A.N.E.C. II" MONOPLANE: Three-quarter rear view.
ANEC II