53 results found
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| Manufacturers: | Foster / Wicko |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791984Submit Correction |
| View count: | 20 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| Manufacturers: | Foster / Wicko |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791984Submit Correction |
| View count: | 20 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791956Submit Correction |
| View count: | 23 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791956Submit Correction |
| View count: | 23 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| Manufacturers: | Foster / Wicko |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791948Submit Correction |
| View count: | 14 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| Manufacturers: | Foster / Wicko |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791948Submit Correction |
| View count: | 14 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Wicko GM1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABGK |
| Other Marks: | 36 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed DL-1A Vega |
| C/n (msn): | 155 |
| Aircraft Name: | Puck |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791843Submit Correction |
| View count: | 30 |
Seen at Hanworth in 1934 having been prepared for the "MacRobertson Race" by Geoffrey Wikner whilst he was employed by Rollasons Aircraft & Engines. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABGK |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed DL-1A Vega |
| C/n (msn): | 155 |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABGK |
| Other Marks: | 36 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed DL-1A Vega |
| C/n (msn): | 155 |
| Aircraft Name: | Puck |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791843Submit Correction |
| View count: | 30 |
Seen at Hanworth in 1934 having been prepared for the "MacRobertson Race" by Geoffrey Wikner whilst he was employed by Rollasons Aircraft & Engines. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABGK |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed DL-1A Vega |
| C/n (msn): | 155 |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | W-2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Weir W-2 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Weir W-2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Weir W-2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ BAPC.85 ] |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791842Submit Correction |
| View count: | 12 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | W-2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Weir W-2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ BAPC.85 ] |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | W-2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Weir W-2 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Weir W-2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Weir W-2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ BAPC.85 ] |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791842Submit Correction |
| View count: | 12 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | W-2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Weir W-2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ BAPC.85 ] |
| City / Airport: | Feltham - London Air Park (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABWW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Comper CLA-7 Swift |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Comper CLA-7 Swift |
| Aircraft Version: | Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift |
| C/n (msn): | GS.32/1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787256Submit Correction |
| View count: | 297 |
The first Gipsy Swift, registered 28-Jun-1932 to Flt Lt E H Fielden (seen standing) who was personal pilot to HRH The Prince of Wales. Raced in the 1932 King's Cup Air Race, sold to Richard Shuttleworth, August 1935; T Richardson, Eastleigh, July 1936; S T Lowe, Gravesend, December 1937; H O Winters, Gravesend, September 1938. Given to ATC unit in Tonbridge, Kent, 1943. Presumed scrapped. Photo from Alex Henshaw's personal album over 40 years ago.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABWW |
| Aircraft Version: | Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift |
| C/n (msn): | GS.32/1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABWW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Comper CLA-7 Swift |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Comper CLA-7 Swift |
| Aircraft Version: | Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift |
| C/n (msn): | GS.32/1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787256Submit Correction |
| View count: | 297 |
The first Gipsy Swift, registered 28-Jun-1932 to Flt Lt E H Fielden (seen standing) who was personal pilot to HRH The Prince of Wales. Raced in the 1932 King's Cup Air Race, sold to Richard Shuttleworth, August 1935; T Richardson, Eastleigh, July 1936; S T Lowe, Gravesend, December 1937; H O Winters, Gravesend, September 1938. Given to ATC unit in Tonbridge, Kent, 1943. Presumed scrapped. Photo from Alex Henshaw's personal album over 40 years ago.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABWW |
| Aircraft Version: | Comper CLA-7 Gipsy Swift |
| C/n (msn): | GS.32/1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AMRD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Potez 58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Potez 58 |
| Aircraft Version: | Potez 58.0 |
| C/n (msn): | 3491 |
| City / Airport: | Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Private Owners Garden Party 1935 |
| Photo Date: | 28 July 1935 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787217Submit Correction |
| View count: | 277 |
Photo loaned by Alex Henshaw for me to copy over 40 years ago. Aircraft registered 30 April 1934, owners were Camille Marot, Troyes followed by the Aero Club du Canton de Sceaux, Montrouge.
| Registration / Serial: | F-AMRD |
| Aircraft Version: | Potez 58.0 |
| C/n (msn): | 3491 |
| City / Airport: | Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 28 July 1935 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AMRD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Potez 58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Potez 58 |
| Aircraft Version: | Potez 58.0 |
| C/n (msn): | 3491 |
| City / Airport: | Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Private Owners Garden Party 1935 |
| Photo Date: | 28 July 1935 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787217Submit Correction |
| View count: | 277 |
Photo loaned by Alex Henshaw for me to copy over 40 years ago. Aircraft registered 30 April 1934, owners were Camille Marot, Troyes followed by the Aero Club du Canton de Sceaux, Montrouge.
| Registration / Serial: | F-AMRD |
| Aircraft Version: | Potez 58.0 |
| C/n (msn): | 3491 |
| City / Airport: | Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 28 July 1935 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEXF |
| Other Marks: | 3 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.22 / PFA 13-10020 |
| City / Airport: | Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map |
| Country: | Isle of Man |
| Event: | Manx Air Derby 1937 |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787118Submit Correction |
| View count: | 36 |
Photo loaned to me by Alex Henshaw, seated in cockpit, with his father "Pop" Henshaw standing alongside. First race after Alex had acquired the Mew Gull in an exchange for his Leopard Moth with Bill Humble.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEXF |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.22 / PFA 13-10020 |
| City / Airport: | Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map | Country: | Isle of Man |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEXF |
| Other Marks: | 3 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.22 / PFA 13-10020 |
| City / Airport: | Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map |
| Country: | Isle of Man |
| Event: | Manx Air Derby 1937 |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 787118Submit Correction |
| View count: | 36 |
Photo loaned to me by Alex Henshaw, seated in cockpit, with his father "Pop" Henshaw standing alongside. First race after Alex had acquired the Mew Gull in an exchange for his Leopard Moth with Bill Humble.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEXF |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.22 / PFA 13-10020 |
| City / Airport: | Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map | Country: | Isle of Man |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | CF-TZT |
| Other Marks: | D3A1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Aichi D3A |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Aichi D3A |
| Aircraft Version: | Aichi D3A2 |
| C/n (msn): | 3179 |
| Display Paint: | Japan - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Date: | June 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778137Submit Correction |
| View count: | 94 |
Salvaged from Ballale Island in 1968. Restored to fly by Bob Diemert with a Wright R-2600 radial engine instead of the original. On November 22, 1969 he took off from Friendship Airfield on its first flight but it had not been registered or cleared. In anticipation of the flight, the Canadian Department Of Transport (DOT) had officers on the ground at the airport to arrest Bob when he landed. Instead, he flew about 20 miles to land at RCAF Station Macdonald near Portage la Prairie! Other sources say it is a D3A2, 3178. Photo by Fred Guthrie.
| Registration / Serial: | CF-TZT |
| Aircraft Version: | Aichi D3A2 |
| C/n (msn): | 3179 |
| Display Paint: | Japan - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map | Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Date: | June 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | CF-TZT |
| Other Marks: | D3A1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Aichi D3A |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Aichi D3A |
| Aircraft Version: | Aichi D3A2 |
| C/n (msn): | 3179 |
| Display Paint: | Japan - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Date: | June 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778137Submit Correction |
| View count: | 94 |
Salvaged from Ballale Island in 1968. Restored to fly by Bob Diemert with a Wright R-2600 radial engine instead of the original. On November 22, 1969 he took off from Friendship Airfield on its first flight but it had not been registered or cleared. In anticipation of the flight, the Canadian Department Of Transport (DOT) had officers on the ground at the airport to arrest Bob when he landed. Instead, he flew about 20 miles to land at RCAF Station Macdonald near Portage la Prairie! Other sources say it is a D3A2, 3178. Photo by Fred Guthrie.
| Registration / Serial: | CF-TZT |
| Aircraft Version: | Aichi D3A2 |
| C/n (msn): | 3179 |
| Display Paint: | Japan - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map | Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Date: | June 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AMJP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dart Kitten |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dart Kitten |
| Aircraft Version: | Dart Kitten III |
| C/n (msn): | 131 |
| Aircraft Name: | Mole Catcher |
| City / Airport: | SkegnessMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778133Submit Correction |
| View count: | 66 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AMJP |
| Aircraft Version: | Dart Kitten III |
| C/n (msn): | 131 |
| City / Airport: | SkegnessMap | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AMJP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dart Kitten |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dart Kitten |
| Aircraft Version: | Dart Kitten III |
| C/n (msn): | 131 |
| Aircraft Name: | Mole Catcher |
| City / Airport: | SkegnessMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778133Submit Correction |
| View count: | 66 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AMJP |
| Aircraft Version: | Dart Kitten III |
| C/n (msn): | 131 |
| City / Airport: | SkegnessMap | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGWH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C3 |
| C/n (msn): | 1280 |
| Operator Titles: | British South American Airways - BSAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Star Dust |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778127Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
2 August 1947: At 1:46 p.m., G-AGWH, operating British South American Airways Flight CS59, departed Buenos Aires, Argentina enroute Santiago, Chile. At 5:41 p.m., Santiago airport received a routine Morse code signal indicating the flight would arrive in four minutes. It never arrived. Its fate remained a mystery until 1998, when two mountain climbers on Mount Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, 50 miles east of Santiago, found a wrecked Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in the melting ice of a glacier at 15,000 ft.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGWH |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C3 |
| C/n (msn): | 1280 |
| Operator Titles: | British South American Airways - BSAA |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGWH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C3 |
| C/n (msn): | 1280 |
| Operator Titles: | British South American Airways - BSAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Star Dust |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778127Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
2 August 1947: At 1:46 p.m., G-AGWH, operating British South American Airways Flight CS59, departed Buenos Aires, Argentina enroute Santiago, Chile. At 5:41 p.m., Santiago airport received a routine Morse code signal indicating the flight would arrive in four minutes. It never arrived. Its fate remained a mystery until 1998, when two mountain climbers on Mount Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, 50 miles east of Santiago, found a wrecked Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in the melting ice of a glacier at 15,000 ft.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGWH |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C3 |
| C/n (msn): | 1280 |
| Operator Titles: | British South American Airways - BSAA |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABSI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| C/n (msn): | 4 |
| Aircraft Name: | Youth of Britain |
| City / Area: | Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Alan Cobham's Tour of the UK - 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 6 August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778124Submit Correction |
| View count: | 85 |
Prototype Ferry specifically built to the requirements of Alan Cobham for his National Aviation Day displays. Cobham served as a Director of Airspeed in return for placing an order for two aircraft for his company, National Aviation Day Limited which combined showmanship with air displays and joy-riding. Taken by road from York to Sherburn-in-Elmet and f/f 5th April 1932. Photo by L F Barham.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABSI |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| C/n (msn): | 4 |
| City / Area: | Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABSI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| C/n (msn): | 4 |
| Aircraft Name: | Youth of Britain |
| City / Area: | Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Alan Cobham's Tour of the UK - 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 6 August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 778124Submit Correction |
| View count: | 85 |
Prototype Ferry specifically built to the requirements of Alan Cobham for his National Aviation Day displays. Cobham served as a Director of Airspeed in return for placing an order for two aircraft for his company, National Aviation Day Limited which combined showmanship with air displays and joy-riding. Taken by road from York to Sherburn-in-Elmet and f/f 5th April 1932. Photo by L F Barham.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABSI |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| C/n (msn): | 4 |
| City / Area: | Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 August 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | MV239 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Camden Museum of Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 1976 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776888Submit Correction |
| View count: | 123 |
Leased to the Camden Museum of Aviation by Syd Marshall between July 1972 and June 1983. Restored to ground-running condition with a Merlin 70 (No. 184559) as seen here. Subsequently sold to Col Pay and restored to fly as VH-HET (A58-758). First flown after restoration on 29 December 1985.
| Registration / Serial: | MV239 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1976 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | MV239 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Camden Museum of Aviation |
| Photo Date: | 1976 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776888Submit Correction |
| View count: | 123 |
Leased to the Camden Museum of Aviation by Syd Marshall between July 1972 and June 1983. Restored to ground-running condition with a Merlin 70 (No. 184559) as seen here. Subsequently sold to Col Pay and restored to fly as VH-HET (A58-758). First flown after restoration on 29 December 1985.
| Registration / Serial: | MV239 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1976 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | RR232 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9 |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF-IX-3279 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 14 October 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776827Submit Correction |
| View count: | 111 |
Roll out ceremony of the complex composite Spitfire, based on the fuselage of RR232, and owned by Peter Sledge. The original RR232 was built at Castle Bromwich as an H.F.IX (Merlin 70) and had been taken on charge by No 45 MU, Kinloss, exactly 40 years earlier. After a period on display in Australia it was sold to Charles Church during 1985 and arrived in the UK in January 1987. Due to having been restored as a static exhibit many parts were removed and used in other projects before the hulk was bought by Martin Phillips for restoration to fly. (Photo by Peter Anderson).
| Registration / Serial: | RR232 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9 |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF-IX-3279 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 14 October 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | RR232 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9 |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF-IX-3279 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 14 October 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776827Submit Correction |
| View count: | 111 |
Roll out ceremony of the complex composite Spitfire, based on the fuselage of RR232, and owned by Peter Sledge. The original RR232 was built at Castle Bromwich as an H.F.IX (Merlin 70) and had been taken on charge by No 45 MU, Kinloss, exactly 40 years earlier. After a period on display in Australia it was sold to Charles Church during 1985 and arrived in the UK in January 1987. Due to having been restored as a static exhibit many parts were removed and used in other projects before the hulk was bought by Martin Phillips for restoration to fly. (Photo by Peter Anderson).
| Registration / Serial: | RR232 |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9 |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF-IX-3279 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 14 October 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-HET |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| City / Airport: | Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776817Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
MV239 nearing the end of an extensive restoration to flight for Col Pay which was led by John Delayney and which involved extensive re-skinning of the fuselage and wings plus fitting a Merlin 68A (ex Avro Lincoln) and new propeller blades, together with an overhaul of all internal systems. It was flown again on 29 December 1985 as A54-758 (VH-HET).
| Registration / Serial: | VH-HET |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| City / Airport: | Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-HET |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| City / Airport: | Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776817Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
MV239 nearing the end of an extensive restoration to flight for Col Pay which was led by John Delayney and which involved extensive re-skinning of the fuselage and wings plus fitting a Merlin 68A (ex Avro Lincoln) and new propeller blades, together with an overhaul of all internal systems. It was flown again on 29 December 1985 as A54-758 (VH-HET).
| Registration / Serial: | VH-HET |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8 |
| C/n (msn): | 6S/581740 |
| City / Airport: | Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1984 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AAFH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Parnall Elf |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Parnall Elf |
| Aircraft Version: | Parnall Elf I |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776319Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Designed by Harold Bolas, built at Yate 1928-29. C of A 25 Jun 1930. Sold to Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley), Dec 1932, damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Herongate, Rickmansworth, Herts, 20 March 1934, caused by the Elf's reliance on a fuel pump rather than the simplicity of a gravity-fed system. Registration G-AAFH cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2 Aug 1934 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". Photo from Don L. Brown.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AAFH |
| Aircraft Version: | Parnall Elf I |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AAFH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Parnall Elf |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Parnall Elf |
| Aircraft Version: | Parnall Elf I |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776319Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Designed by Harold Bolas, built at Yate 1928-29. C of A 25 Jun 1930. Sold to Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley), Dec 1932, damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Herongate, Rickmansworth, Herts, 20 March 1934, caused by the Elf's reliance on a fuel pump rather than the simplicity of a gravity-fed system. Registration G-AAFH cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2 Aug 1934 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". Photo from Don L. Brown.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AAFH |
| Aircraft Version: | Parnall Elf I |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADDI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2 |
| C/n (msn): | 6096 |
| City / Airport: | Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776314Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
Operated at the time by Air Navigation and Trading Company Ltd of Blackpool (Squires Gate) Date is an approximation.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADDI |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2 |
| C/n (msn): | 6096 |
| City / Airport: | Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADDI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2 |
| C/n (msn): | 6096 |
| City / Airport: | Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776314Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
Operated at the time by Air Navigation and Trading Company Ltd of Blackpool (Squires Gate) Date is an approximation.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADDI |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2 |
| C/n (msn): | 6096 |
| City / Airport: | Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | AB910 |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AISU |
| Military Code: | QJ-J |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF.1061 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776115Submit Correction |
| View count: | 127 |
Vickers photo supplied to me over 60 years ago. I believe that the pilot was Jeffrey Quill - the "QJ-J" code was applied in his honour when the aircraft was owned by Vickers. The date is an estimate.
| Registration / Serial: | AB910 |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AISU |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF.1061 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | AB910 |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AISU |
| Military Code: | QJ-J |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Supermarine Spitfire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF.1061 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 776115Submit Correction |
| View count: | 127 |
Vickers photo supplied to me over 60 years ago. I believe that the pilot was Jeffrey Quill - the "QJ-J" code was applied in his honour when the aircraft was owned by Vickers. The date is an estimate.
| Registration / Serial: | AB910 |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AISU |
| Aircraft Version: | Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B |
| C/n (msn): | CBAF.1061 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1960 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABUR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival D Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival D Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival D.1 Gull Four |
| C/n (msn): | D.20 |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 773460Submit Correction |
| View count: | 78 |
The prototype Percival Gull, G-ABUR, photographed in 1933 either during or practicing for that year's King's Cup Air Race. This was a virtually new airframe, the original having been severely damaged in an accident the previous summer. Photo given to me by Alex Henshaw.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABUR |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival D.1 Gull Four |
| C/n (msn): | D.20 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABUR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival D Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival D Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival D.1 Gull Four |
| C/n (msn): | D.20 |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 773460Submit Correction |
| View count: | 78 |
The prototype Percival Gull, G-ABUR, photographed in 1933 either during or practicing for that year's King's Cup Air Race. This was a virtually new airframe, the original having been severely damaged in an accident the previous summer. Photo given to me by Alex Henshaw.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABUR |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival D.1 Gull Four |
| C/n (msn): | D.20 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABEE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| C/n (msn): | 473 |
| City / Area: | Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Northern Aircraft Preservation Society |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1975 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 772833Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Fuselage frame of Sports Avian G-ABEE. Having donated parts for the restoration of G-EBZM it was sold and exported to Australia c.1978 and was used as a studio prop for the movie "The Lancaster Miller Affair" in the mid 80s. Now believed to be in Queensland as a restoration project.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABEE |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| C/n (msn): | 473 |
| City / Area: | Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1975 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABEE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 594/616 Avian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| C/n (msn): | 473 |
| City / Area: | Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Northern Aircraft Preservation Society |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1975 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 772833Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Fuselage frame of Sports Avian G-ABEE. Having donated parts for the restoration of G-EBZM it was sold and exported to Australia c.1978 and was used as a studio prop for the movie "The Lancaster Miller Affair" in the mid 80s. Now believed to be in Queensland as a restoration project.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABEE |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| C/n (msn): | 473 |
| City / Area: | Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1975 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |