Desoutter I at Scarborough Racecourse.

This aircraft was giving two passengers a pleasure flight over Scarborough on the 25th of 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, 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 I aircraft with the code G-AAPC. G-AAPV was actually a DH60x Moth, and was written off at Yeadon on 22 March 1936. Of the 41 Desoutter I's produced in the UK, National Flying Services aquired 19 of them, it seems more likely that it was one of these involved in the incident at Scarborough Racecourse in 1930.

Pilot - Unknown, ok.

Pass - Unknown, ok.

Pass - Unknown, ok.