Civilian Aviation

The beautiful weather on Monday and Wednesday rendered me unable to resist temptation, so I spent my lunch hour tearing across Bedfordshire in order to spend a few minutes at the Shuttleworth Collection before rushing back to work. I certainly think it was worth it and I hope these photos cause you all to agree.

13th March

These were outside when I arrived:

G-CJHT Eurofox 3K


G-CEXM SkyRanger Swift 912S(1)


30AG47 TACR-1 - apologies it's not an aircraft, but I thought it was worth sharing


and these in the workshop:

G-ANJD de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth


G-BKTH/Z7015 Hawker Sea Hurricane 1b


Vans RV-7


G-AWII/AR501 Supermarine Spitfire Vc edging ever closer to a return to flight.


Whilst being worked on in it's hangar was:

G-HUPW/R4118 Hawker Hurricane 1

15th March

G-CITF EV-97 Eurostar SL


G-HOBO Denney Kitfox Mk4 (Modified)


G-MRJP Silence Twister


G-CDTZ Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat


G-ANRM/DF112 de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth


G-AGPK/PG657 de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth


G-OJIM Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Cherokee Arrow III


G-CBIX Zenair CH 601UL Zodiac


G-IPKA Pioneer 300


G-AOJK de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth taking off in front of the new hangar that's being built.


G-PATJ Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo


G-JENK Ikarus C42 FB80


G-CCNT Ikarus C42 FB80


G-HMCD Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo


G-AEXF Percival Mew Gull freshly reunited with its de Havilland Gipsy Queen II engine.

Very nice Mark. G-CEXM is from my local strip in my village, Rayne Essex. I flew back from North Weald to Rayne in that last year, the owner and another chap from Rayne often go to OW or elsewhere for a flight and lunch. I flew to North Weald with one and back with the other.
Light looks really good and the inside pics are very interesting to show whats going on.
A well spent lunch time indeed

Andy

Thanks Andy. I've definitely seen CEXM at OW on numerous occasions - in fact I just did a quick search and I posted pics of it on here in May 2014 and Sept 2015!