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- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Jackson 1973, p. 288
- 1 2 Wenham 2015, p52
- ↑ Hitchman 2006, p154
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UK Civil Aviation Authority record for G-APHT - 1 2 Hitchman 2006, p30
- ↑ Wenham 2015, p53
- Bibliography
- Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.
- Hitchman, Ambrose; Preston, Mike (2006). The History of the Auster Aeroplane (Revised 3rd Ed.). International Auster Club Heritage Group.
- Wenham, Tom (2015). False Dawn: The Beagle Aircraft Story. Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-479-3.