Aircraft Photo of G-ACMU | Airspeed AS-8 Viceroy | Armstrong Siddeley Motors | AirHistory.net #150005
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ACMU
Other Marks:58
Aircraft Original Type:Airspeed AS-6 Envoy
Aircraft Generic Type:Airspeed AS-6 Envoy
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS-8 Viceroy
C/n (msn):18
Operator Titles:Armstrong Siddeley Motors
Location
City / Airport:MildenhallMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGUN   IATA: MHZ   Local: -   Other: -
Event:MacRobertson Air Race 1934
 
Photo Date:15 October 1934 to 20 October 1934
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 150005
Photo Comment

The sole Viceroy was a special edition of the AS.6 Envoy built for the London to Melbourne Air Race. Here it is having its compass swung. The pilot, Neville Stack, worked for Aircraft Exchange & Mart at Hanworth, mentioned on the nose. Stack and Sidney Turner only got as far as Athens and sued the manufacturer over the aeroplane's malfunctions. G-ACMU ended up in the Spanish Civil War. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

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