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- 1 2 Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G. (2000). British Light Aeroplanes. Peterborough: GMS Enterprises. p. 599. ISBN 978-1-870384-76-6.
- ↑ "The Falcon Airscrew Company". Flight . Vol. XVI no. 22. 29 May 1924. p. 341.
- ↑ "The Falcon Metal-tipping Scheme for Airscrews". Flight . Vol. XIV no. 14. 16 November 1922. p. 675.