Type 1 Phoenix | |
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The last surviving Phoenix II at Elstree Airfield in 1951 | |
Role | Five-seat touring monoplane |
Manufacturer | Heston Aircraft Company Limited |
Designer | George Cornwall |
First flight | 18 August 1935 |
Introduction | 1936 |
Status | last survivor destroyed in April 1952 |
Primary users | private owners 3 impressed by Royal Air Force in 1940 |
Produced | 1935–1937 |
Number built | 6 |
The Heston Type 1 Phoenix was a 1930s British single-engined five-seat light transport monoplane built by the Heston Aircraft Company Limited.