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| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Ken Woolley Collection |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792731Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Ken Woolley Collection |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792731Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 77 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 77 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792457Submit Correction |
| View count: | 35 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792457Submit Correction |
| View count: | 35 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Other Marks: | KK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792439Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Other Marks: | KK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792439Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792437Submit Correction |
| View count: | 24 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792437Submit Correction |
| View count: | 24 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 28 |
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: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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 Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 28 |
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: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 29 |
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: | 29 |
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 Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 19 |
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: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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 Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 19 |
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: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| 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: | 168 |
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: | 168 |
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: | 16 |
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: | 16 |
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: | 311 |
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: | 311 |
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: | 280 |
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: | 280 |
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: | 95 |
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: | 95 |
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: | 68 |
| 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: | 68 |
| 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: | 87 |
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: | 87 |
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: | 124 |
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: | 124 |
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 |