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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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Built in 1932, G-ACTF was the 9th of 42 Swifts to be built. It was originally registered to Alban Ali as VT-ADO 'The Scarlet Angel' and spent the first part of its life in India. Sold to George Errington who rebuilt it and re-registered the aircraft as G-ACTF on May 24 1934. Purchased by the Shuttleworth Collection in August 1996. During 1998 it was overhauled and restored to its original factory condition and paint scheme. However engine problems have kept it away from the display scene since then, but it should fly again soon.
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The Shuttleworth Collection's Spitfire Vc was built by Westland Aircraft at Yeovil and was issued to No. 310 (Czech) Squadron at Duxford in 1942. While serving with No. 310 Squadron, AR501 escorted many USAAF B17 and B24 bombers, indeed AR501 may well have escorted the famous B17 'Memphis Belle'. AR501 was later taken on by the RAF's Central Gunnery School and was used postwar by Loughborough College as an instructional airframe. It was transferred to The Shuttleworth Collection in 1961 and was restored to flying condition for the film 'The Battle of Britain'. It was stored for a while after filming, until restoration to authentic wartime condition was carried out by a volunteer team at Duxford. Over the winter of 2000/2001 AR501 was repainted and elliptical wingtips were refitted, returning the aircraft to the condition in which it was delivered to 310 Squadron. It is currently undergoing a thorough ground-up restoration in the workshop at Old Warden. c/n WASP/20/223.
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This Hawker Hind was delivered new to the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1938 and continued in use until the 1950s. It was presented to the Shuttleworth Collection and was collected with the help of the Ford Motor Company in 1970. The journey of 6000 miles from Kabul to Old Warden took four weeks and the team had to endure many trials before the Hind was safely in the restoration hangar. The Hind was restored, and flew again on 17 August 1981, resplendent in Afghan Air Force Markings. The Hind was repainted in 1985 to represent K5414 of 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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1st of type for AC !
The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was a twin-engined British aircraft designed for the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Three examples took part in the race and one of them (G-ACSS) won it. The type set many aviation records during the race and afterwards, as a pioneer mail plane.
The DH.88 might have been the only wooden British high-performance monoplane, but for a shortage of metal for aircraft construction during the Second World War. Experience with the DH.88 would later be put to use in designing the DH.98 Mosquito, also a twin-engined monoplane of wooden construction.
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This Lysander was built in Canada and was used by the RCAF as a target tug serialled 2355. It was bought after the war by Wes Agnew a farmer, former RCAF instructor and collector of aircraft. In 1971 it was purchased by Sir William Roberts for the Strathallan Collection in Scotland. It arrived in the UK in October 1971 and was registered G-AZWT, and work commenced on restoring it. However, it was not until December 1979 that G-AZWT flew again, painted as V9441 a Lysander operated by No.309 (Polish) Squadron. It was grounded in 1986 and was purchased in 1998 by the Shuttleworth Collection. It has been fully restored, repainted and fitted with dummy long range fuel tank and ladder to represent V9367 / MA-B an aircraft of 161 Squadron, flown by Pilot Officer Peter Vaughan-Fowler on operation Apollo during the winter of 1942.
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solo en Duxford se pueden ver estas escenas....
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Vista a tres cuartos por detras del Lysander con muchas nubes y poco sol. Algo interesante debe venir por la izquierda, a juzgar por la actitud de los spotters.
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Curiosa perspectiva la que ofrece este Lysander evolucionando en el Flying Legends. Parece tener el ala izquierda mucho más larga que la derecha. La realidad es que este avión tiene una envergadura considerable, como se puede apreciar en el ala izquierda. La derecha, por el diedro y por la perspectiva de la foto, parece ser más pequeña. Por descontado las dos son iguales.
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El Lysander fue muy utilizado en misiones de apoyo a los espías y resistentes franceses durante la IIGM. Sus arriesgadas misiones las acostunbraba hacer de noche(de ahí su pintura negra) en los que volaba a la Francia ocupada trayendo o recogiendo espías o colaboradores franceses y también recogía pilotos aliados derribados que la resistencia francesa mantenía ocultos de los alemanes. Para ello estaba diseñado para realizar aterrizajes y despegues cortos en terrenos mal preparados. Una escalera adosada al lado del fuselaje permitía la rápida subida o bajada de las personas que recogía.
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Configuración de toma del Lysander.
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Uno de los Hurris que volanron en el día calentando motor antes del despegue.
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