From Blériot to Spitfire
Scott Butler
Ratgeber / Flugzeuge, Raumfahrt
Beschreibung
The aeroplanes of the Shuttleworth Collection span the first 40 years of aviation from the 1909 Blériot to the late 1940s; these rare and often unique machines are still regularly flown and displayed over the aerodrome at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. This book, written by the Collection's pilots, past and present, puts the reader in the cockpits of these amazing machines as they fly over the English countryside. THE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION is a private collection begun by Richard Shuttleworth – pilot, racing driver, self-taught mechanic and heir to the Old Warden Park Estate in Bedfordshire. He had a passion for rescuing old aircraft and vehicles, which he brought to the Estate to restore and maintain. Richard died in 1940 whilst flying with the RAF; after the war his mother set up a charity to preserve his heritage.
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Avro XIX Anson, Polikarpov Po-16, Miles Hawk Speed Six, Spitfire, Parnall Elf, Hawker Sea Hurricane IB, Roland Beamont, The de Havilland DH53 Humming Bird, Stuart Goldspink, Bristol, Allen Wheeler, English Electric Wren, Chipmunk, Westland, S.E.5a, RAF, de Havilland DH88 Comet, Lysander, Percival Mew Gull, Desmond Penrosel, Hawker Cygnet, de Havilland DH60X Moth, Gloster, Hawker Hind, Westland Lysander, Desoutter MkI, RAF SE5a, Hawker Tomtit, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, English Electric, Blackburn Monoplane, Hawker, Blériot XI, Gloster Gladiator, Sopwith Pup, Bristol F2b Fighter, DH51, Neil Williams, Gladiator, de Havilland, Supermarine Spitfire Vc, glider, Hurricane, Fauvel AV36 glider, Comper Swift, John Lewis, Trevor Roche, Southern Martlet, Bristol Boxkite, Avro, Avro 504K, EoN Primary glider, David Ogilvy, Miles Magister, de Havilland DH51, Avro Triplane IV, Dicky Martin, Avro Tutor