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Aeroplane Model - De Havilland DH 53 Humming Bird Object Reg. No: ST 016113

Aeroplane Model
Summary:
1:16 scale model of the prototype DH 53 Humming Bird was commissioned by the Museum from the model maker Mr Harold P. Wood in 1926.
Discipline: Technology

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Tagged with: aeroplanes, model aeroplanes, scale models
Themes this item is part of: Engineering Collection, Transport Collection, De Havilland DH53 Humming Bird, Harold P. Wood Collection
Primary Classification: AIR TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification: Aircraft
Tertiary Classification: model propeller aircraft
Model Name/Number: DH 53
Model Scale: 1:16
Modelmaker: Mr Harold Wood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1922

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Jane dennis Posted on 12 Mar 2010 12:02 PM
Wyndham museum WA. We have some new light on The hummingbird 'Icarus' it was primarily rebuilt by pilot/aviation engineer R. Robinson who died here in 1940. It had been previously owned by Dr Fenton Is there any way of checking how this paticuler DH53 arrived in Wyndham ?

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