Heston Phoenix - Efficient But Unwanted
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2023
- The Heston Phoenix ought to have been a commercial success but it wasn't, only six being built between 1935-37.
Period advertisements from the wonderful 'Aviation Ancestry' website.
Photos: Air Britain and others.
Music: 'Honeysucke' by Honeyroot.
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“A very good taste in aeroplanes…” Fully agree.
Thank you!
You keep coming up with obscure aircraft that have a fascinating history! The Phoenix appeared (to me) to be pretty nice!
Thanks, Nick! 👍
All little slices of history that deserve to be remembered 👍
a voice for narration thats for sure, excellent presentation.
Thanks! A bit like having a 'face for radio' 🤣
Land, Sea, and Air... there are long lists of machines which, through no fault of their designers, failed to achieve the success they deserved.
It doesn't surprise me that I have never heard of the Heston Phoenix... maybe if they had not sacrificed performance for luxury, it would have been better received by pilots.
We'll never know! 😜
Thank you for another entertaining interlude.
My pleasure 🙂
Just found your channel. Really enjoy these videos.
Thank you!
Fascinating as always. Quite a nice looking plane apart from the awkward front cockpit screens.
The first two aircraft had a much better windscreen profile but the pilot couldn't lean forward to look along the wing. The somewhat awkward arrangement was the solution but I agree, it's a bit clumsy.
An informative interesting history of a rare and charming aeroplane. Thank you
My pleasure, it's good fun researching these old machines.
Great presentation as always. I found a 36" stick and tissue scale model from1938 on the Outerzone website. Makes me think about clearing off the work bench now that the " building season " is upon us here in New England.
A splendid idea!
So Cool!
It was certainly very striking.
Thanks for presenting this Hesston Phoenix to us, I have never even heard of it before, but it would have sure been a nice aircraft to own, unfortunately before my time and beyond my money.🔥🪅
It was indeed an attractive machine and, unlike so many, an original design rather than a plagiarism.
Thanks for publishing, always little gems of information
Thanks!
Interesting aircraft, similar concept to the Beech Staggerwing of the same era, it seems.
I guess so, but desperately underpowered by comparison.
Needed more wing struts
Oh definitely, and a few wires for good measure!
It seems like the inverted inline engine was to the UK, what the radial engine was to the US.
👍 and we British love our under powered aircraft too 🤣
Interesting airplane. Too bad there wasn’t one able to be preserved.
Somewhere on a mountainside in France!
Always a shame when a basically sound aircraft does not survive on the market. The Canadian "FOUND" ( Found Brothers Aircraft ) is another example of how something good is lost.
Yes, the Found aircraft look well engineered.
If the last one "landed" in France and was not recovered, was it taken bit by bit by the locals or is it still there? As far as chopped wood can stay coherent in nature...
There is a French accident report available (for a fee) but I believe the aircraft was fairly inaccessible and simply abandoned. I doubt there's very much left of it now.
@@FlyingForFunTrecanair Personally I would run for few rusty screws and nails. Maybe you have interested Frankish audience that will go for a walk there.
@@maciek_k.cichon It's certainly intriguing to know what - if anything - is left on the mountainside.
The design of the main undercarriage means a wider track than would have been expected given the design of the aircraft. If it was only the width of the fuselage ground handling would have been interesting.
Yes, the stub wing was an elegant solution.
Wow my airplane universe still surprisingly expands today even after 30 years of obsession. A novel and beautiful plane in the same way the Beechcraft Staggerwing is. Quite a tragic history for a plane with essentially no faults. Thought it was funny to hear of the 5HP upgrade in engine power 😂🙄. This plane could have been developed into a real hot ship had the cosmetics of the windshield been cleaned up and an Alvis Leonides radial engine installed (post war).
There's no end 2 obscure, hidden a/c, especially @ the very beginning
Definitely 👍