Desoutter MkI G-AAPC at Scarborough Racecourse.

The pilot of this aircraft was giving two passengers a pleasure flight over Scarborough on 25th August 1930 when it was damaged in a landing at the racecourse. The occupants were not injured. This incident is mentioned in the Scarborough newspaper of the day, also advertised in the same paper are the flights. They cost 5/- each with "perfect comfort and unrestricted view". Two elderly people were taken up prior to the incident above, they are also quoted in the same paper stating how wonderful the area looked from the air. What is in some doubt is what the aircraft involved in this incident actually was. A sketch on the advert shows a Desoutter aircraft with the code G-AAPC. G-AAPV was actually a DH60x Moth, and was written off at Yeadon on 22nd March 1936. Of the 41 Desoutter MkI's produced in the UK, National Flying Services aquired nineteen of them, it seems more likely that it was one of these involved in the incident at Scarborough Racecourse in 1930.

Pilot - Name unknown. Uninjured.

Passenger - Name unknown. Uninjured.

Passenger - Name unknown. Uninjured.