Line up of new Wickos outside the Foster Wikner factory at Eastleigh - they rented space in the WWI hangars. The other aircraft besides G-AEZZ are: G-AFKS (c/n 6), G-AFKK (c/n 8) and G-AFKU (c/n 7)

In the mid 1960s Kenneth Woolley bought G-AFJB for £20 to save it from being scrapped. He repainted it in wartime ATA markings with its impressment serial as no original photos existed. It was displayed in the garden of his home at Berkeswell, Warwickshire, until he built a blister hangar to house it in. It was restored to the register as G-AFJB on 2 January 1973 and still flying by 2015.

The Foster Wikner Wicko prototype having been re-engined with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I to improve take-off performance. Tare weight was reduced from 1,170lbs to 938lbs but the price increased from £425 to £650.

Original prototype Wicko F.W.1, built in Lusty's furniture factory, Bow, East London. Powered by a modified Ford V8 car engine, underslung radiator is evident in this photo. The engine proved to be too heavy and although the aircraft flew well the take-off run was too long. It was subsequently rebuilt as the F.W.2 with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I. Following storage in Birmingham during WW2 it was restored post-war but lapsed into dereliction at Portsmouth and disappeared in 1953. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner in 1980.

In camouflage but wearing the last two letters of its civil registration. This was the demonstrator of the 3-seat "Wicko Warferry" converted for ATA use tp carry three service pilots at 200lbs each with parachutes and overnight kit bags of 10lbs each. Single control, non-aerobatic, two 15 gall wing tanks, front struts lightened and jury struts fitted. Reinforced below doors. Impressed May 1941 as ES913, ATA White Waltham, to No 24 Sqdn 1942.

Photo taken at Eastleigh prior to delivery to the Hawkes Bay and Middle Districts Aero Clubs, New Zealand. Impressed as NZ580. Crashed near Johnsonville 26 Nov 1942. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.

Geoffrey Wikner with the "Wicko Snow Bird", G-AFKS, the ski assembly was designed and built in just four days due to a sudden downpour of snow which blanketed the aerodrome! Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.

Sir Denzil Macarthur Onslow chatting with Geoffrey Wikner. This Wicko GM1 was sold to the Cardiff Aeroplane Club in August 1938 and cancelled from the register in 1941. Fate unknown. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner in 1980.

Year Built:- 1938

The only surviving Wicko departing from Popham Airfield.

Built by the Foster Wikner Aircraft Company and first flown from Eastleigh in October 1938. Restored to fly in the early 2000s after many years in storage.

Ex ZK-AGN. Crashed at Johnsonville near Wellington on November 26, 1942. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

The only Wicko to survive World War Two at Wolverhampton when competing in the UK Air Races wearing competition No. 48.