Aeroplane Monthly 1980-10
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K.Wixey - Parnall Pixie /British pre-war ultralights/
LIGHT 'PLANES AT HENDON: A general view of the "Paddock"; in the foreground the Parnall "Pixie II" speed 'bus.
Parnall Pixie II, with 18ft wings, seen at Hendon on October 27, 1923, where, piloted by Capt Norman Macmillan, it won the Wakefield Prize with a speed of 81 m.p.h.
Parnall Pixie I G-EBKM, ex-J7324, seen at Maylands aerodrome, Romford, on April 4, 1937, about to be flagged off at the start of a race.
TAKE-OFF AND PULL-UP TESTS AT LYMPNE: 5, The Parnall "Pixie IIIa" in the pull-up test.
Representative type of the pre-1926 "ultra-light" era: Parnall Pixie (36 h.p. Bristol Cherub flat twin) as a biplane
The Parnall Pixie IIIA, G-EBKK, competing at the 1924 Lympne Trials. Aircraft retired with engine trouble.
TAKE-OFF AND PULL-UP TESTS AT LYMPNE: 2, The Parnall "Pixie IIIa" clearing the 25-ft. posts.
Parnall Pixie IIIA G-EBKK, flown as No 19 by Wg Cdr W. F. Sholto Douglas, competing in the 1924 Lympne Trials.
Representative type of the pre-1926 "ultra-light" era: Parnall Pixie (36 h.p. Bristol Cherub flat twin) as a monoplane
Parnall Pixie III G-EBJG in monoplane form, powered by a 32 h.p. Bristol Cherub III engine, at the 1924 Lympne Trials.
Parnall Pixie III G-EBJG complete with registration and unfaired forward cockpit.
THE PARNALL "PIXIE III," BRISTOL "CHERUB" ENGINE: Three-quarter rear view. This machine can be converted into a biplane.
Pixie III of 1924 fitted with a 32 h.p. Bristol Cherub III flat-twin air-cooled engine.
Parnall Pixie II in original form, with 29ft wings absent, at Lympne a few days earlier.
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE R.A.F. PAGEANT: Two light 'planes, which led in the "Fly Past": the Parnall "Pixie" and the D.H.53, both fitted with Blackburne "Tomtit" engines.
Parnall Pixie II J7323 at the 1924 RAF Hendon Air Pageant, re-engined with a 698cc Blackburne Tomtit engine.
LOW-SPEED FLYING AT LYMPNE: 6, Douglas on the Parnall "Pixie."
Parnall Pixie IIIA G-EBKK in monoplane form. The original 35 h.p. Blackburne Thrush engine was later exchanged for a 1,000 c.c. Anzani.