ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204713
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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1937 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Perman Parasol |
| Owner/operator: | Airworthiness Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ADZX |
| MSN: | EGP.57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This aircraft started off as a Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea), and as such, was registered as G-ADZG (C of R 6568) on 16.12.35 with the c/no EGP/SS/56. However, the registration G-ADZG was not taken up.
Instead, the basic Flying Flea airframe was heavily modified and redesigned, and the aircraft was first registered (C of R 6593) on 2.5.36 as G-ADZX to E.G. Perman & Co, Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent. The aircraft was described to the Air Ministry (per the aircraft's record card) as a "Perman Parasol". The Perman Parasol was a single seat ultra light monoplane, designed and built by E.S. Penman & Co Ltd. of London. One only - G-ADZX - flew for the first time 23.5.36, powered by a 30 hp Perman-Ford engine, and flown by Mr A E Clouston.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 6593) 13.10.36 to Airworthiness Ltd., Gravesend Airpoprt, Gravesend, Kent. According to the aircraft record card, they re-named the aircraft as a "Brown Pigeon" ("formerlly called Parasol")
Written off (destroyed) by or on 31.7.37 when burnt out in a hangar fire at Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent. Registration G-ADZX formally cancelled by the Air Ministry 31.12.38 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". The aircraft record card also noted "Census 1938", which indicates that the cancellation was as a result on the Air Ministry's 1938 Census into all surviving British-registered civilian aircraft.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADZG.pdf
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADZX.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
5. Kites, Birds & Stuff - Over 150 Years of British Aviation p,54
6. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Gravesend
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1936/1936%20-%201010.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 19:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Jan-2018 19:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 19:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 20:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
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