Air Enthusiast 2000-03
S.McKay - Before there were Moths (2)
An 80hp Anzani L&P Biplane.
A young lady, overseen by perhaps her mother, ready for a flight in an L&P Biplane. Note the crude structure and compare this with the initial machine illustrated in AE85. It is likely the fuselage had previously been white-washed for advertising purposes.
A FRISKY FOUR-YEAR-OLD: Our photograph shows the famous L. and P. looper on which Mr. Smiles set up a series of looping records at Hendon in 1916. The machine has been overhauled, and is now as good as ever
L&P Biplane G-EAQW was registered in February 1920 to R A Whitehead. It is believed to be the same aircraft as used for parachute trials at Hendon, in which case it was built at Hendon in 1916. Note the footwells in the fuselage side.
An L&P Biplane taxies out at Stag Lane during one of the famous joyriding sessions organised on April 24, 1919. Note the cattle grazing in the background.
General arrangement of a Hendon-designed L&P Biplane with an 80hp Anzani. It also has two independent cockpits, rather than the 'bath tub' configuration of later models which caused the centre fuselage to flex.