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1959
1959 - 1857.PDF
42 FLIGHT REGISTERING THE FAMOUS REFERENCE was made last week (p. 3) to the Royal Aero-nautical Society's recently formed Historical Group and to the register of historic aircraft which the Society has inaugurated.The latter is divided into two categories: (A) containing all available information on some 120 British and foreign aircraftconsidered to be of major historic interest, and (B) names and details, where known, of another 67 machines of historic interest.Below we publish a list of the British aircraft from the first category. It contains both veterans from the earliest days of flyingin this country and prototypes and earliest marks of important World War 2 and post-war aircraft. Among the veterans arePercy Pilcher's Hawk glider, the original of which is in the Royal Scottish Museum at Edinburgh, and S. F. Cody's Biplane (ScienceMuseum, Sydenham). Two other occupants of the Science Museum (at South Kensington) are the Roe Triplane, with itstwo-cylinder J.A.P. engine of 9 h.p., and the J.A.P.-Harding (Bleriot-type) monoplane. The Blackburn Monoplane Type B isin the good care of the Shuttleworth Trust and sometimes gets a chance to stretch its elderly legs at air displays (provided thewind is not too strong). Two famous Supermarine S.6Bs are listed, one of them held bythe Science Museum and the other by Southampton Corporation at Eastleigh. These are the machines (S1595 and S1596) in which,respectively, F/L. G. H. Stainforth set up a world speed record of 379.05 m.p.h. and F/L. J. N. Boothman won the SchneiderTrophy contest in 1931. One of the most important modern air- craft in this section of the register (which lists two Hurricane Is,five Spitfire Is, a Lancaster I and the first prototype Mosquito) is Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster Whittle E.28/39, lent byGloster Aircraft for display at the Science Museum. We hope to publish further lists from the R.Ae.S. register insubsequent issues of Flight. CATEGORY "A": BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF MAJOR HISTORIC IMPORTANCE Aircraft Type Registration One example G-EBJOG-EBJE D7560 H 2311 F3404 One example G-ACGT R5868G-AHSA 725 (No. 9) N 1617 G-ABBB D8096 E2581 Ex G-ACWP (AP 507) G-AHMJ G-ACUU 304 F1258G-EBHX G-EBLV G-AAAH G-AAZP G-ACIT G-ACSSW4050 LZ 551 4 (Lympne No.) NF370 G-AJVHK8042 Built largely from L8032. Then G-AMRK.Now K8032 DG202/G EE 549W4041 Nil G-AACNG-EBMB G-ABMR L1592 P2617LF363 G-AMAU — G-EBJGG-ADPR — — —2699 F3556G-EBIA G-EBIC G-EBIB G-12-1 One example H508 N6812 G-EBKY N5912 S1595 S1596 P9444R6915 K9942 X4590 LT- None MF628G-AMAV J8067R9125 Date Built 9.24Origin unknown.Civil mod. 6.24 2.18 Not known 1918 — 5.33 19421937 1941 4.31 1918 1919 1938 7.34 1936 6.34 9.23 6.25 8.28 6.30 7.33 9.3411.40 9.43 9.23 1943 1943 1937 1942 5.41 1931 11.287.25 5.31 1938 1939 9.44 7.24 8.35 — — — Not known. First civil- ianised 1924 1917 1919 1931 1931 1919 4.50 In custody of Shuttleworth TrustNash Collection Science Museum Nash Collection Shuttleworth Trust . B. Murphy - • • -^ Air MinistryShuttleworth Trust Shuttleworth Trust Air Ministry Bristol Aircraft Ltd. Shuttleworth Trust Imp. War Museum Science Museum Shuttleworth Trust G. S. Baker Science Museum .-"--. -/,,,-, Musee De L'AirShuttleworth Trust de Havilland Aircraft Science Museum G. W. Hall Air Navigation & Trading Co. de Havilland Aircraftde Havilland Aircraft Science Museum Shuttleworth Trust Imp. War Museum Royal Navy Fairey Aviation Ltd.Air Ministry Gloster Aircraft Co. Air Ministry ~ - . < Air Ministry ^^ -..:Science Museum _ • R. Hafner . - ->_f Science Museum :.". Hawker Aircraft '-•-.•;•'. Hawker Aircraft Science Museum Air MinistryAir Ministry Hawker Aircraft Science Museum K.C.D. St. Cyrien Hunting Aircraft Royal Scottish Museum Science Museum Science MuseumImp. War Museum Imp. War MuseumShuttleworth Trust Nash Collection Science Museum Coll. of Aeronautics Imp. War Museum Nash Collection • Nash Collection ' " ; Imp. War Museum Shuttleworth Trust Air Ministry Science Museum Southampton Corporation Science MuseumImp. War Museum Air Ministry ' Shuttleworth Trust Shuttleworth Trust Science Museum Royal Aeronautical SocietyVickers-Armstrongs Science MuseumAir Ministry Location Old WardenHendon Knockholt Hendon Old Warden Stockport • FulbeckOld Warden Old Warden Fulbeck Filton Old Warden On Exhibition Finland Sydenham Old Warden Elmdon Sydenham ParisOld Warden Hatfield S. Kensington Mount Farm Blackpool LeavesdenHatfield Sydenham Old Warden On Exhibition Lee-on-Solent W. WalthamFulbeck Moreton Valence Yatesbury - FulbeckS. Kensington Weston- Super-Mare Knockholt Dunsfold Dunsfold Sydenham BicesterWaterbeach Dunsfold S. Kensington Dorking Luton Edinburgh S. Kensington S. KensingtonOn Exhibition On Exhibition R.A.E. Hendon S. Kensington Cranfield ( . In store Hendon ""••> Hendon On Exhibition Old Warden Fulbeck S. Kensington Eastleigh SydenhamOn Exhibition Bicester Old Warden Old Warden S. Kensington HendonWisley KnockholtFulbeck Airspeed Horsa Glider Anec II (40 h.p. A.B.C. Scorpion) Avro 504K (110 h.p. Le Rhone) Avro504K (130 h.p. Clerget) ... ... ... Avro 504K (130 h.p. Clerget) Avro 504K (110 h.p. Le Rhone) Avro Anson I (350 h.p. Cheetah IX) Avro 594 Avian IIIA (75 h.p. Genet II) Avro 683 Lancaster I (4x1,460 h.p. Merlin 20) Avro 621 Tutor (240 h.p. Lynx IVC) Blackburn Monoplane Type B (50 h.p. Gnome) ... • Boulton Paul Defiant (1,030 h.p. Merlin III) Bristol Type 105 Bulldog IIA (490 h.p. Jupiter VIIF) Bristol Type 14 F2B Fighter Mk II (275 h.p. Falcon III) Bristol F2B Fighter (275 h.p. Falcon III) Bristol Type 142M Blenheim I (2x840 h.p. Mercury VIII) Cierva C.30A Autogiro (140 h.p. Genet Major IA) (alias Civet I) Cierva C.30A Autogiro (140 h.p. Genet Maior IA) (alias Civet I) Cierva C.30A Autogiro (140 h.p. Genet Major IA) (alias Civet I) Cody Biplane (120 h.p. Austro-Daimler) ... de Havilland D.H.9 (240 h.p. Siddeley Puma) D.H. 53 Humming Bird (32 h.p. Cherub III) D.H. 60 Moth (90 h.p. A.D.C. Cirrus III) D.H. 60G Gipsy Moth (Amy Johnson) (100 h.p. Gipsy I) "Jason" D.H. 80A Puss Moth (130 h.p. Gipsy Major I) D.H. 84 Dragon (2x130 h.p. Gipsy Major I) D.H. 88 Comet (2x230 h.p. Gipsy Six R) D.H. 98 Mosquito I (first prototype) (2 Merlin) D.H. 100 Vampire (prototype) (no engine fitted) E.E.C. Wren (398 c.c. A.B.C.) Fairey Swordfish (890 h.p. Pegasus 30) Fairey Swordfish (890 h.p. Pegasus 30) Fairey Swordfish (890 h.p. Pegasus 30) Gloster Gladiator (840 h.p. Mercury VIIIA) Gloster Gladiator (840 h.p. Mercury VIIIA) ..... ... ... Gloster F.9'40 Meteor (prototype) (2x1,000 Ib s.t. Rover W.2B) ... Gloster Meteor F.4 (2x3,500 Ib s.t. Derwent) Gloster Whittle E.28/39 (850 Ib s.t. Whittle W.1) (lent by Gloster Aircraft) Hafner Revopiane (1931 prototype) (40 h.p. Salmson) ... Handley Page Gugnunc (155 h.p. Mongoose II) ... ... ... Hawker Cygnet I (32 h.p. Cherub 3) ... ... " Hawker Hart II (600 h.p. Kestrel 16 Special) Hawker Hurricane I (1,000 h.p. Merlin III) Hawker Hurricane I (1,000 h.p. Merlin III) Hawker Hurricane IIC (1,200 h.p. Merlin XX) Hawker Hurricane IIC (1,200 h.p. Merlin XX) ... Jap-Harding (Blerioc-type) monoplane (45 h.p. Jap V-8) Parnall Pixie III (32 h.p. Bristol Cherub III) Percival Gull (Jean Batten) (200 h.p. Gipsy Six) Pilcher Hawk glider (original) Pilcher Hawk glider (reproduction) Roe Triplane (9 h.p. 2 cyl. Jap) (Presented by A. V. Roe & Co.) Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C (90 h.p. R.A.F. 1A) Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (150 h.p. R.A.F. 4A) Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A (200 h.p. Hispano Suiza) Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A (200 h.p. Viper) Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A (200 h.p. Viper) Saunders-Roe S.R./AI (2x3.000 Ib s.t. Metropolican-Vickers F2/4 Beryl) Short Seaplane (remains) Short Sunderland M.R.5 (4x1,200 h.p. Twin Wasp) Sopwith Baby Seaplane (remains) (110 h.p. Clerget) Sopwith Camel (140 h.p. Clerget) Sopwith Camel (150 h.p. B.R.I.) Sopwith Pup (80 h.p. Le Rhone) Sopwith Triplane (130 h.p. Clerget. not fitted) Supermarine S.6B (2,300 h.p. Rolls-Royce "R") Supermarine S.6B (2,300 h.p. Rolls-Royce "R") Supermarine Spitfire I (1,030 h.p. Merlin III) Supermarine Spitfire I (1,030 h.p. Merlin III) Supermarine Spitfire I (1,030 h.p. Merlin III) (two aircraft) Supermarine Spitfire I (1.030 h.p. Merlin III) Supermarine Spitfire XI (1,600 h.p. Merlin 61) Vickers Vimy (2x360 h.p. Eagle VIM) Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington T.Mk X (2x1,6S0 h.p. Hercules XVI) Vickers-Armstrongs Viscount 700 (prototype) (4x1.742 e.h.p. Dart RDa.6 Mk 510) Westland-Hill Pterodactyl I (32 h.p. Bristol Cherub) Westland Lysander IIIA (890 h.p. Bristol Mercury XII)
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