Flew Collection

Boeing 377 SGT Super Guppy F-BTGV Airbus Finningley
The first of a total of 4 Super Guppy Turbines to be built by Aero Spacelines. Flew for Airbus for more than 20 years transporting Concorde and Airbus sections

Avro York C1 G-AGNN BOAC
A BOAC aircraft until sold to British South American Airways in 1947. Named Madras while at BOAC it was renamed Star Crest at BSa. It flew again with BOAC and then Skyways of London. Date: 1946

PERUVIAN FIGUREHEAD
The figurehead of the ship Peruvian, wrecked off Seaford, Sussex, England, in February 1899. Sparks flew as the ship was battered against the sea wall. Date: shipwrecked 1899

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil
Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved

Boeing Stratocruiser G-ANTY BOAC London Airport
BOAC Stratocruiser Coriolanus joined the fleet in 1954 flying the transatlantic route. In 1959 Coriolanus flew the final scheduled Stratocruiser service

Diagram of the Wright Brothers aeroplane
A diagram from 1908 showing a perspective view of the Wright Brothers aeroplane. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight on December 17th 1903, covering 36 metres in 12 seconds

Ufos / Kerska / S. F
In broad daylight, two saucers (the other indicated by arrow) flew over San Francisco, seen only by Joe Kerska who luckily took this photo or we might not believe him

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGL BOAC Montego Bay
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-AKGL flew with BOAC from 1950 until 1958. Named Cabot it flew on the North American route for many years. Date: 1952

The first Wichita-built Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 55-?
The first Wichita-built Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 55-49, flew for the first time on 14 May 1956

Albert Batchelor flew in a helicopter from Helston Air Station on 18 February 1959 to celebrate his 90th birthday. Date: 1959

Strasbourg Balloon Trip
The aeronautic experience of Adorne who flew over Strasbourg, France, at a height of 80 feet. He and his companion wave as they pass over the city

Books / Byron / Don Juan
Alfonzo first examined well their fashion, and then flew out into another passion. (Canto 1 Stanza 181)

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 6 G-ANUU
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 6 G-ANUU (msn 04455) of the Civil Aviation Flying Unit. G-ANUU flew with the Board of Trade - Department of Trade

Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made

Junkers Ju 87B -developed specifically as a dive bomber, it was effective as long as it flew with friendly fighter cover

Miss A. A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Wh?
Miss A.A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Whitney Straight, G-AFGK, at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

Wagner Twin Tri Pacer NX932A. A twin-engined Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, powered by two 125hp Lycoming engines, converted by Harold Wagner, who flew it about 100 hrs then reverted to single engine

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines

DAN-AIR de Havilland Comet 4C G-APDN at Gatwick Airport. DAN-AIR started life as Davies and Newman Airlines after the two founders

Fokker FXVIII, PH-AIP, Pelikaan, of KLM which in Decemb?
Fokker FXVIII, PH-AIP, Pelikaan, of KLM which in December 1933 flew a special Christmas mail flight to Batavia, completing the round trip in a flight time of 73 hours 34 minutes. Date: 1933

Dornier Do 27 D-ENTY, of Aerodoctor, at a German industry Exhibition in Teheran. The specially adapted Do 27 flew demonstration flights displaying its attributes as a flying doctor service. Date: 1960

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744 - 'O'
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744 / 'O' (msn 712007), of 233 Operational Conversion Unit, at the Mildenhall Air Fete on 28 May 1988

Aermacchi AL.60C-4 Trojan I-MACP (msn 6231), a new version with 340 hp Lycoming GSO-480-B1 engine, tail wheel landing gear, separate pilot's door and enlarged vertical tail

Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT tail
Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT (msn 2121), of British European Airways, at London Heathrow Airport, after the crash of BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD on 3 July 1968

Gates Learjet 23 HB-VAM (msn 23-044), of Vodavia. HB-VAM flew into a mountain, near Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport on 28 August 1972, en-route from Gatwick Airport, killing both occupants

Casmuniz 52 PT-AZU (msn 1, also, known as Casmuniz 5-2). The sole aircraft first flew in April 1952 and completed flight testing by 1955, whilst registered as PP-ZPD

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

United States Navy Blue Angels - Grumman F11F-1 Tiger 141738, BLUE ANGELS number 6 at Burlington, Iowa. 1958: VF-156 with unit code NH, call-sign 105. 1965: Flew with the Blue Angels

United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436. First flight 23 November 1947. Flew from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt

USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo
United states Navy - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo 131630 or 131631. Turbo-Prop conversion of the R7V-1 for the US Navy

Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 125482. The third production aircraft of ten completed, 125482 was bailed to the Allison Engine Company for flight testing of turboprop engines at Edwards Air Force Base in

Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335
Bristol Buckingham B Mk.I KV335. A victim of failure to meet the original specification and the success of Mosquito day raid and night strategic bombing

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 G-ANAR (msn 80) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. The prototype Beaver 2 was built in Canada and first flew at Downsview, piloted by George Neal

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages

Westland W. 34 Wyvern TF. 1 VR137
Westland W.34 Wyvern TF.1 VR137, the seventh pre-production aircraft which was allocated to ground-based trials and never flew

Lockheed C-130D Hercules 57-0493
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-130D-LM Hercules 57-0493 (msn 182-3200), of the New York Air National Guard, at RAF Greenham Common for the international Air Tattoo on 23 June 1979

Agusta A. 109A AE-331
Army Air Corps - Agusta A.109A AE-331 (msn 7138, call-sign CC'), at Middle Wallop. This helicopter was captured on the 14th June 1982 at Stanley Racecourse in an airworthy condition

Gloster Meteor 7 and a halfs WL419 (msn G5-423772), of Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. (on loan from the Ministry of defence), at Boscombe Down for Air Tournament International 1992, on 13 June 1992

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 XV744 at St, Pancras
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 XV744 (712007), of the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit, at St, Pancras Station coal-yard, for the 1969 Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race. Flown by Sqn. Ldr

de Havilland DH. 106 Comet 2 7610M (ex G-ALYT)
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 2 7610M (msn 06006, ex G-ALYT), the prototype Comet 2, on the airfield at RAF Halton. This aircraft flew in to Halton, which has a relatively small grass airfield

Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert
United States Marine Corps - Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert (msn 282-3657), the Blue Angels support aircraft from 1988 to 1991, seen at Andrews Air Force Base on 21 May 1988

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905

Savoia Marchetti SM81 -seen in Spanish Civil War markings, this transport version of the SM 79 flew supplies to Italian forces in North Africa

Canadair C. 4 Argonaut G-ALHK BOAC London Airport Queen flew
Canadair C.4 Argonaut G-ALHK, shown in white tail livery, on which HM Queen Elizabeth arrived back from East Africa after the death of her father King George VI in January 1952 Date: 1962

English Electric Lightning F. 1A XM135
English Electric Lightning F.1A XM135 (msn 95031), at Duxford. This aircraft jumped the chocks at RAF Lyneham and flew a circuit with no canopy or functioning ejection seat

Fouga T-24 Magister 1720 (msn 556, CM-170R), on display at the Museu Aeroespacial, Campo Dos Afonsos, painted in the colours of the Brazilian Air Force aerobatics display team

Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 World's fastest helicopter
Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 (msn 102, ex G-LYNX, ex ZA500'), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 18 July 2003

McDonnell Douglas C-9C 73-1681
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas C-9C 73-1681 (MSN 47668), on approach to RAF Mildenhall, Feb-March 1998. Assigned to 89th Military Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Welsh Rabbit A N3599G
Welsh Model A Welsh Rabbit - N3599G George Welsh produced examples of Model A Welsh Rabbit single-seat lightplane (first flown 1965) and two-seat Model B (first flown 1968)

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Heinkel He 162A-2 VH515
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Heinkel He 162A-2 VH513 (Werknummer 120227, Air Min 65), (marked as Red 2 of 2/JagdGeschwader 1 when it was captured)

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

de Havilland DH. 106 Comet 1XB G-APAS
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1XB G-APAS (msn 6022, ex F-BGNZ / XM823 / 8351M), at the RAF Museum Cosford / Aerospace Museum Cosford

Schleicher ASW-19B R19 (msn 19317), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. I flew this glider many times at RAF Hullavington, before it was re-allocated to another club

Helene Dutrieu
Hlne Dutrieu (1877 - 1961), Belgian world champion cyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, cyclist and motorcyclist and pioneer aviator

The RAF Crew Memorial, Hartenstein Museum Grounds
This was the brainchild of Alan Hartley (standing beside the Memorial), the founder of the RAF Down Ampney Association, which remembered all the crews that flew the re-supply aircraft during

John Alcock, British aviator
Pilot John William " Jack" Alcock (1892-1919), British aviator. Completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919 alongside navigator Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)

Memorial to ALG B4 Beny sur Mer Normandy
This was used by 401, 411 and 412 Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force who flew Spitfires as part of 126 Wing. The first aircraft to use the Landing Ground was a damaged Spitfire which came down

Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial ALG B9 Lantheuil
The RCAF Squadrons that flew from this Landing Ground were Nos 438, 439 and 440. Five main types of landing facilities were constructed according to likely usage

US 354th Fighter Gp Memorial Cricqeville en Bessin
This is ALG (Air Landing Ground)A2. The 354th flew fromhere between 17 June 1944 and 15 March 1945. The Memorial was unveiled on 17 September 1990 in acknowledgement of the 354ths part in Operation

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

Miles M. 18 Mk. 2 G-AHKY
Miles M.18 Mk.2 G-AHKY (msn 466, ex HM545), with race number 39, at Coventry - Baginton. The sole M.18 Mk.2, flew from Woodley in November 1939

Junkers Ju 88 D-1 / Trop FE-1598
(ex Royal Romanian Air Force) - Junkers Ju 88 D-1/Trop FE-1598 (Werk Nr. 430650 / HK959 / Baksheesh ), in outdoor storage / display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

Sud-Aviation SA. 321 Super Frelon F-ZWWE
Sud-Aviation SA.3210-01 Super Frelon F-ZWWE (msn 01, call-sign E ), the first prototype of the Super Frelon on display at the Musee de l Air et de l Espace du Bourget

Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 65-0985
United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 65-0985 (msn 382-4140). Built as an Aerospace Rescue aircraft, 0985 was converted to a WC-130H

Airspeed AS. 5 Courier G-ADAY
Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ADAY (msn 27), of Portsmouth Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation (PSIOWA). Due to persistent maintenance problems with the retractable undercarriage

General Dynamics F-111G 68-0289 Queen-Hi
United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111G 68-0289 Queen-Hi (msn B1-61). Built as an FB-111A and converted to F-111G standard

Parnall Heck 2C G-AEGI, seen with race number 33 at Elmdon for the 1949 Kings Cup Air Race. On 29 July 1949, G-AEGI flew in the Kings Cup Race at Elmdon airport

Royal Air Force - Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865 Last of the Many of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, seen on display fitted with a non-standard four-bladed propeller

United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships overflying a city. Shenandoah was constructed during 1922-1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station

His Majestys Airship R34. Built by by William Beardmore and Company in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, R34 first flew on 14 March 1919

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 55 Apollo VX224
Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo VX224 (G-AMCH, not carried) of the Empire Test Pilot School, at Farnborough. The ETPS had the Apollo for only nine months, during which it only flew 20 hours

Heston JC. 6 VL529
Heston JC.6 VL529 1st prototype at the 1947 SBAC Radlett airshow. The Heston JC.6 was designed and built to meet Air Ministry Specification A.2-45 for an Air Observation Post (AOP)

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

Heston Type 1 Phoenix G-AESV, owned by Standard Telephonics at Brooklands. G-AESV was impressed into the Royal Air Force as X2891for No.24 Squadron; Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at

Blackburn YA. 7 WB781
Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)

United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082 The Turtle (msn 26-1003), (often incorrectly referred to as The Truculent Turtle)29 September 1946

United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506, competition #32, at Harris Hill, Elmira, NY in 1946 for the first US soaring contest held after WWII

Bristol B. E. 10 Olympus Mk. 101
Bristol B.E.10 Olympus Mk.101 (Ministry of Supply designation Bol.1/2C). A more powerful version of the Olympus with a larger turbine, delivering11

Boeing 747 N728PA Pan Am Heathrow
Date: 1984

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