Editing Lockheed Vega (section)

===Vega DL-1A special===
A one-off special based on the metal-fuselaged DL-1 was built by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, and exported to the United Kingdom for Lt. Cmdr. [[Glen Kidston]] who named it ''Puch''. It was initially registered in the UK as ''G-ABFE'', then was re-registered as ''G-ABGK'' to incorporate Kidston's initials.<ref name="goodall"/> He used this Vega for a record-breaking flight from the UK to South Africa in April 1931. Following Kidston's death the following month, the aircraft was eventually sold to Australian airline owner [[Horrie Miller (aviator)|Horrie Miller]], who entered it in the [[MacRobertson Air Race]]. Flown in the race by Miller's Chief Pilot, Capt. Jimmy Woods, it overturned on landing at [[Aleppo]] ''en route'', whereupon Woods withdrew from the race and the DL-1A was eventually shipped to Australia. Following repairs and re-registration as ''VH-UVK'', Miller used the aircraft for charter and leisure flying, after which it was impressed by the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] in 1941. In 1944 the aircraft was transferred to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). Via information from RAAF pilots, DCA declared the Vega to have serious pitch control problems and it would be scrapped. Attempts by James Woods to reclaim the aircraft were ignored, and it was destroyed in October 1945. It was the only Vega to operate in Australia.<ref name="goodall">Goodall, Geoff. "Vega VH-UVK: The Story of a Unique Aeroplane." ''Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia,'' Volume 17, Issue 4.</ref>