The ANEC IV Missel Thrush was a 1920s
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two-seat light aircraft built by
Air Navigation and Engineering Company Limited at
Addlestone
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History
The ANEC IV biplane was designed by John Bewsher for the
1926 Lympne light aircraft trial for two seaters fitted with engines of less than 170 lb. It did not make the competition as the undercarriage collapsed in a taxiing accident. In 1927 the only aircraft built (registered G-EBPI) was sold to a private owner who replaced the original
Blackburne Thrush radial engine with an
Armstrong Siddeley Genet II engine. The owner was killed and the aircraft destroyed while competing in the 1928 King's Cup Race.
Operators
*: Private owners
Specifications (ANEC IV)
References
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1920s British civil utility aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
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Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1926