ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202526
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| Date: | Monday 30 December 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Arrow Active 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Alexander Henshaw |
| Registration: | G-ABIX |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marshchapel, East Lindsay. 11 miles SE of Grimsby, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waltham Grange Airfield near Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Arrow Aircraft (Leeds) Ltd. was formed at Leeds in April, 1930 to produce the Arrow Active single-seat all-metal aerobatic biplane, largely designed by Arthur Cecil Thornton (responsible for Blackburn Bluebird of 1924). Only two Arrow Actives were built, of which G-ABIX was the first. (The second was G-ABVE, which was rebuilt in 1958 and is now the sole surviving example of the type). First registered (C of R 3026) 26.2.31 to Arrow Aircraft Ltd., Leeds, West Yorkshire (aircraft based at Sherburn-in-Elmet). C of A 3046 issued 21.5.31.
Sold on and re-registered to C.R. Belling, Sherburn-in-Elmet. The Active 1 G-ABIX flew at 132.2 mph (212 km/h) in the 1932 King's Cup Race. Sold on and re-registered to Arrow Aircraft (Leeds) Ltd., Sherburn-in-Elmet. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 5930) on 30.5.35 to Alexander Henshaw, Mablethorpe. Lincolnshire
Written off (destroyed) 30.12.35 when crashed at Marshchapel, East Lindsay, eleven miles south east of Grimsby, Lincolnshire when G-ABIX suffered an engine fire while performing aerobatics. Pilot/owner Alex Henshaw bailed out safely, although he had to "dodge" the Arrow Active as it spiralled into the ground on fire, the aircraft at one point crossing Henshaw's descent path.
Alex Henshaw replaced the Arrow Active with a Percival Mew Gull, G-AEXF, for which he became famous following a series of record-breaking flights in 1937-38 in the Mew Gull.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABIX.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Active
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Henshaw
6. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/GauthierDavidJ/7204.htm
7. https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/archive-exhibitions/alex-henshaw-flying-legend-a-life-in-art/view-selected-works/arrow-active.aspx
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshchapel
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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