Prototype Hendy Heck, designed by Basil Henderson to a specification written by Whitney Straight. C of A tests at Martlesham delayed as a result of damage incurred during a forced landing en route from Yeovil - in the course of which it collided with a cow! Flown by David Llewellyn and Jill Wyndham for Cape Record attempt Oct-Nov 1935 but dogged with issues including problems with the retractable undercarriage. Production version became the Parnall Heck 2C with fixed undercarriage. Scrapped 1937.

First production Parnall Heck 2C featuring fixed undercarriage. Painted in two-tone light and dark blue and delivered to Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd, Hanworth, in September 1936 for sales demonstrations. None of the six aircraft built were sold. Registered 23 Dec 1936 to Parnall Aircraft Ltd, Yate. Later painted dark grey and used for communications duties. Impressed as NF749 and delivered to Turnhouse 12 March 1943 for No. 17 Group Communications Flight. Scrapped at Kemble in May 1944.

Used for trials of engines and armaments and testing gun sights. Became an instructional airframe. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

The third of eight Heck aircraft built in the mid 1930s. It had just finished seventh in the 1950 Kings Cup air race when a landing Supermarine Spitfire hit the tail section, demolishing it. Attempts were made to repair the aircraft but it was scrapped in 1953 and the type thus became extinct.