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Only 34 7W Executives were built. Note able owners included aircraft designer and aviator Howard Hughes and wealthy industrialist John Paul Getty.
At least one example was received by the by LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) to be used as an airliner marked as EC-AGM until requisitioned by the Spanish Republican Air Force and marked as 30+74.
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Ex RAF WP905. Painted as 18671:671, Royal Canadian Air Force
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A very special flying exhibit in the Shuttleworth Collection
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1st of Type for AC !
G-AKIN is a Miles M.38 Messenger 2A and was built in November 1947 by Miles Aircraft at their Northern Ireland factory, the penultimate Miles-built aircraft (constructor's number 6728). Although the first private owner, in April 1948, was Captain A W B Everard of Fighting fit at fifty-five Ratcliffe Hall, Leicestershire, the Messenger became the property of the Spiller family in August 1949. Based at Sywell from April 1952, she has been there ever since, lovingly looked after and hangared to keep her in tip-top condition.
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1st of type for AC !
Built by Colin Essex over 18 years from an original set of drawings. First flight at Old Warden 20.7.11 where she resides in Hangar 7 with the owner's 1927 Aeronca C3 G-ADRR.
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Percival E.2H Mew Gull G-AEXF (c/n E.22) flown solo by Alex Henshaw from Gravesend to Capetown and return via the Sahara, in a record-breaking, and still unbeaten, elapsed time of 4 days 10 hours 20 minutes-time airborne 39hr 36 min-the longest-standing long distance flying record of all time. Having flown the 1936-built aircraft since May 1937, and winning the King’s Cup Air Race at Hatfield in July 1938 (speed 236.25mph), he sold the aircraft to a French owner in July 1939.
There is an excellent replica of this aircraft in the RAF Museum, Hendon.
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This Danish visitor was participating in the "Chipmunk First-flight Anniversary Gathering" at Old Warden. The Chipmunk first flew on May 22nd 1946.
Forty plus Chipmunks were present...and 20 did a magnificent low level formation flypast!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1487357974880527/
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Demon G-BTVE took to the air after an 18 year restoration on 23rd June 2009. Painted in the colours of 64 Squadron RAF and with her original serial number K8203, the Demon is the sole remaining flying example of this important interwar type. One of a batch of 37 built by Boulton Paul Aircraft in 1937, K8203 was originally assigned to 64 Squadron at Church Fenton before passing to No. 9 Maintenance Unit at RAF Cosford and then to No. 9 Air Observers School (later renamed No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School) at RAF Penrhos.
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