ROBERT HODGSON PHOTO
No. 3262. Luton LA.4A Minor (G-BDJG c/n PFA 828)
Photographed at Popham, UK, September 2003
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The LA.4 was designed by C.H. Latimer-Needham and the first, G-AFBP,
built by the Luton Aircraft Ltd., flew for the first time in 1937.
The Luton works were destroyed by fire in 1943. After WW II the type
was refined to the LA.4A and plans for home construction were
distributed by the Phoenix Aircraft Ltd. till it went into
liquidation on January 12, 1972. Presently plans are distributed by
the Popular Flying Association. |
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Created January 29, 2004