ZK-AXN Miles
M.11A Whitney Straight
(c/n 303)
David Molesworth provides this interesting
shot by Jim Dyson giving the Whitney Straight a rakish,
racy
look. It
was, after all, a "sportsman's" aeroplane. ZK-AXN began
life as G-AENH and was
exported to Australia as VH-ABN
in
1937. In 1951 it was sold to the Auckland Aero Club
as
ZK-AXN. It was withdrawn from
use in 1962 and then unfortunately damaged beyond repair in
a fire
at Otematata in November of
1963. Its remains were broken up the following year.