Observant readers of the Company Profile may note the discepancy between the stated start-date of the Company (1934) and the origin of this aircraft in 1932. In fact, Airspeed Ltd. had been operating out of rather cramped premises in York from around 1930, building the Ferries and some gliders (British record holders in their day. They moved to Portsmouth in 1934 following an adavantageous agreement for new, free premises in that town's airport. All info from "Slide Rule" by renowned novelist Neville Shute who, under his real name of Neville Shute Norway, was CEO of the original Airspeed.