Two
seat biplane full-scale experimental aircraft to examine different aerofoil sections. Utilised a large number of Sopwith
Camel parts. 90 h.p. RAF 1a powerplant driving a four-blade propeller.
8 aircraft
built by the Aircraft Department of Boulton and Paul Ltd, Mousehold, Norwich,
Norfolk. Built between May 1919 and September 1922.
P9/1
none
To Australia mid 1919
by Lt. Long, became G-AUDB. To Victorian
Flying Services.
P9/2
G-EAPD
Retained by Boulton and Paul Ltd as
demonstrator.
P9/3
G-AUBT
To Life Assurance Co. of Australia,
Melbourne, via distributor Aviation Ltd.
P9/4
G-EASJ
To Brig. J.G. weir, Renfrew. To John
Wilkinson of Young's Field, Cape Towrn in 1929 as G-UAAM, later ZS-AAM.
P9/5
G-AUCT
To F.J.Barnes, Hamilton, Victoria in Apr
1922, via distributor Aviation Ltd. Crashed and regn cancelled 27 Jun 1922;
reportedly rebuilt as the Jones Wonga
Monoplane.
P9/6
G-EAWS
Retained by Boulton and Paul Ltd as
demonstrator. Rebuilt in 1930 by
Ernest 'Tom' Worsell of Sevenoaks with a 10 h.p. Singer water-cooled
powerplant.
P9/7
G-AUCP
To R.S. Falkiner, Groongal NSW, in February
1920, via distributor Aviation Ltd.
P9/8
G-EBEQ
Initially retained by Boulton and Paul Ltd
as demonstrator, to Frank Soden 10 September 1926. Crashed in Switzerland in
1929 and rebuilt as CH-259.
Per summary
details given in AB Archive [3], both P.9/1 and P.9/2 were initially registered G-EAPD. Were they in fact the same aircraft,
was the registration applied twice or was it simply never carried by P.9/1 and reused on P.9/2 after the former was exported?
Alec Brew [2] states that "it was not the company policy to allocate c/ns and that when Long's
aircraft had to be registered in Australia after June 1921 it was retrospectively given c/n P.9.1 as it was the first built."
Production References
Air Britain
Archive 2002/1 (Air-Britain Publications)
Air Britain Archive 2002/2 (Air-Britain Publications)
Air
Britain Archive 2002/4 (Air-Britain Publications)
