The Mosscraft MA.1 was a British light two-seat low-winged sporting monoplane of the 1930s.
Design and construction
The Mosscraft MA.1 was designed and built in 1937 at the
Moss Brothers Aircraft
Moss Brothers Aircraft Ltd, known as Mosscraft, was an English aircraft manufacturer and repairer which was active between 1936 and the mid-1950s.
Formation
The company was formed on 1 January 1936 with a registered address at 45 Ashfield Road ...
Ltd factory in
Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...
,
Lancashire
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, England. It was of wooden construction with fixed tail-wheel undercarriage and had two separate open cockpits, arranged in tandem.
Flying career
The M.A.1 was flown in several U.K. air races prewar, then was stored between 1939 and 1945.
The aircraft competed postwar with the rear cockpit faired over. W.H.Moss flew it in the
Kings Cup Air Race
The King's Cup air race is a British handicapped cross-country event, which has taken place annually since 1922. It is run by the Royal Aero Club Records Racing and Rally Association.
The King's Cup is one of the most prestigious prizes of the ...
at
Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airport
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on 17 June 1950. He was killed during the race that day, when the aircraft crashed at the
Newport, Shropshire
Newport is a market town and Civil parishes in Shropshire, civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It lies north-east of Telford, west of Stafford, and is near the Shropshire-Staffordshire border. The 2001 Ce ...
turn.
Specification (MA.1 with cabin)
References
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1930s British civil utility aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1937