Designed in 1937, the Howitt Monoplane was a parasol single-seat. It was built by the designer. R.C.Howitt, at Cowley with a 600cc Douglas conversion. It was registered G-AEXS c/n H.23D and first flew in 1937, at Abingdon.

It was re-engined in 1939 with a four cylinder but was not flown as such. It was put into store at Abingdon but lost during World War 2.

Span: 31.03 ft
Length: 21.00 ft

In 1933, Benjamin Odell Howard, a pilot for United Air Lines, decided that he wanted to get into the corporate airplane business. To do it, he chose to design and build a fast four place machine to win the Bendix Trophy cross country race. This would both bring the plane instant notoriety and give him prize money to help defray the cost of development. He enlisted the help of a promising young engineer named Gordon Israel in designing Mister Mulligan, a high wing, strut braced cabin monoplane. Benny Howard had discovered the magic of supercharging and high altitude flight. In 1935, he and Israel flew Mister Mulligan at 20,000 feet and above from Los Angeles to Cleveland and won the Bendix race at an average speed of 238.7 mph.
With DGA-6 Mister Mulligan Howard won all three major American racing titles in 1935, and this design was developed through several models into the Howard DGA-15.

1938

1938

An original 1930 race aircraft, built for the U.S. National Air Races.
Pete, a closed course racer with a compar¬atively small 318 cubic inch 90 horsepower Wright Gypsy. Gordon Israel handled the structural design of the airframe and assembled it as well. Its success can be measured by its win¬ning five firsts and two thirds at its first out¬ing, in 1930. And the two third place finishes came in the 1,000 inch and unlimited dis¬placement classes.
The DGA-3 Pete racer, was succeeded by DGA-4 Ike and DGA-5 Mike.

Engine: Curtiss Wright Gipsy, 90 hp.
Max speed: 168 mph.