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Notes
- 1 2 3 Grey 1972 , pp. 18c–19c
- 1 2 "Combined Virtues". Flight . 12 May 1938. p. 479. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "British Civil Aviation: The Smaller Types: Arpin". Flight . 25 November 1937. p. 515. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 Jackson 1959 , pp. 407
- ↑ "To-day's Light Aeroplanes: Arpin". Flight . 7 September 1939. p. 218. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
- ↑ CAA registration document for G-AFGB
- ↑ Meaden, Arthur (1990). "The Arpin A-1 "Safety Pin"". Archive. 1999 (3). Air-Britain: 83–86. ISSN 0262-4923.
- ↑ "Feedback: The Arpin A-1 "Safety Pin"". Archive. 2000 (2). Air-Britain: 67. 2000. ISSN 0262-4923.
- ↑ Estimated performance figures
Bibliography
- Grey, C.G. (1972). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. London: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5734-4.
- Jackson, A.J. (1959). British Civil Aircraft 1919-59. Vol. 1. London: Putnam Publishing.