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- ↑ "Lympne Avietta Competition – Entries for Duke of Sutherland's Prize". The Times. No. 43461. London. 2 October 1923. col D, p. 9.
- 1 2 3 4 Ellis 1979, p. 131
- ↑ Jackson, A J (Aubrey Joseph) (1973). British civil aircraft since 1919 (Volume Three). London, UK: Putnam & Company Limited. p. 289. ISBN 037010014X.
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- Ellis, Ken British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1929. Liverpool, England:Merseyside Aviation Society, 1979. ISBN 0-902420-321