Henry Segrave was killed in his record speedboat on Lake Windermere on 13 June 1930, just before the first flight of his advanced touring aircraft - see other photo. G-AAXP was painted red by the time of its unsuccessful participation in the 1930 King's Cup race in July. Photo from: Dan Shumaker collection

Conceived by racing car driver, pilot and water speed record holder Henry Segrave, the Meteor G-AAXP was built by Saunders-Roe at Cowes in 1930. It was cancelled from the register as destroyed in September 1932. Two versions with metal fuselages were completed by Blackburn as Blackburn CA18 Segraves. A third one was used to test a tubular spar wing as the CA20 Segrave II. Photo from: The National Library of Australia