'Gloster Gladiators of No 72 Sqn lined up at Farnborough during the 1937 Air Exercises.' No 72 was the first squadron to receive the Gladiator in February 1937, moving from Tangmere to the new Church Fenton airfield. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

First colours. Photographer unknown

mass take off for the Coronation Flypast rehearsal.

Recent arrival from Norfolk.

Long term restoration project. Many pieces are hand made by the museum volunteers.

The sole Parnall Prawn, a small flying boat. The engine nacelle could be tilted 22 degrees to keep its very small propeller clear of the water. Perhaps it never flew. The photo must have been taken in the second half of 1930 or perhaps a little later. In the background is a three-engine monoplane flying boat which must be the one and only Blackburn Sydney, serial N241, which first flew at Brough on 18 July 1930. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Stored at Gosport from 30 September 2015. Acquired by HeliOps in 2020 and stored at Somerton, Somerset.

Inbound to Rwy 12 for a touch and go.

Built in 1940 by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. at Kingston-on-Thames, Z2389 served with five different RAF Squadrons in 1941, including the American volunteer 71 'Eagle' Squadron at Martlesham Heath. As part of emergency war supplies for Russia, Z2389 was crated up and joined the 767 Regiment of the Red Air Force on the Kola Peninsula. On the 20th of June 1942, it was shot down. Z2389's pilot F/Lt Ivan Kalashnikov survived the forced landing. Fifty years later, Z2389 was found, and its remains arrived at Brooklands on the 14th October. Restoration took from 1999 to 2019 - now with Squadron code XR-J.