Aeroplane Monthly 2001-09 / P.Jarrett - Inter-war One-offs /Inter-war civil/

Despite the optimistic application of the first letters of a British civil registration, the odd little Bircham Beetle never did gain a C of A. Built by two RAF officers at RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, about 1924, it combined an original forward fuselage with the rear fuselage of a Bristol F.2b Fighter, the lower wings of a Fokker D VII and the rudder of an Avro 504 (somewhat altered). The two-cylinder engine was either a Douglas or an ABC Scorpion. Its success or otherwise remains open to question. The tail in the background is of 7 Sqn Vickers Virginia III J7129, which was only with that unit from July to September 1924.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vickers Virginia - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922