09/30/2007. The first light jet-powered racing aircraft built in the
UK, it was based on the airframe of the prototype Sparrowhawk. E.G.
Miles won the speed prize in the 1935 King's Cup Air Race with that
aircraft registered also as G-ADNL.
It was extensively rebuilt, replacing the nose-mounted Gipsy Major
engine by two 330 lb (150 kg) s.t wing root mounted Turboméca Palas
turbojet engines. In this form it was flown for the first time on
December 14, 1953.
