Shuttleworth Collection

Shuttleworth Collection
The Shuttleworth Collection's Bristol F.2B Fighter.
Established	1928
Location	Old Warden, Bedfordshire
Type	Aviation museum
Website	http://www.shuttleworth.org

The Shuttleworth Collection is an aeronautical and automotive museum located at the Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of the most prestigious in the world due to the variety of old and well-preserved aircraft.

1 History
2 Collection
3 The Edwardian Flying machines
4 Aircraft in the collection
5 Vehicles in the collection
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

History

The collection was founded in 1928 by aviator Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth. While flying a Fairey Battle at night on 2 August 1940, Shuttleworth fatally crashed. His mother, in 1944, formed the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust "for the teaching of the science and practice of aviation and of afforestation and agriculture."^[1]

Collection

Restoration and maintenance work is carried out by a staff of nine full-time and many volunteer engineers. These volunteers are all members of the 3,000-strong Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS).^[2] These dedicated enthusiasts are crucial to the preservation and restoration of the collection.

In addition to the aircraft, the collection houses a number of vintage and veteran cars. Events include model-flying days, and once a year, there is a special flying day for schools in the area.

The Shuttleworth Collection puts an emphasis on restoring as many aircraft as possible to flying condition, inline with the founder's original intention.^[3] There are typically about twelve air shows per year, including evening displays, which offer the opportunity to see aircraft which in many cases are the last of their type to survive, let alone existing in flyable condition.

The Edwardian Flying machines

Some of the most notable aircraft in the collection are the five Edwardian aeroplanes, of which one is the oldest British aeroplane still in flying condition. What makes these exceptional is that they still fly (weather permitting). The oldest, with British civil registration G-AANG, is the Bleriot XI (still with original engine), which dates back to 1909 - six years after the Wright brothers' aircraft and is the world's oldest airworthy aeroplane, the next oldest being, at only three weeks newer by date of manufacture, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's own restored original Bleriot XI (Bleriot factory serial number 56, with civil registration N60094) in the United States.

Aircraft in the collection

Aircraft in the collection, data from^[4]
Type	Date	Identity	Notes
ANEC II	1924	G-EBJO
Avro 504K	1918	G-ADEV	Painted as H5199
Roe IV Triplane	1964	G-ARSG	Replica
Avro Tutor	1933	G-AHSA	Painted as RAF K3241
Avro Nineteen (Anson)	1946	G-AHKX	Owned by BAE Systems
Blackburn Type D	1912	G-AANI	Oldest airworthy British aeroplane
Bleriot XI	1909	G-AANG	Oldest airworthy aircraft
Bristol Boxkite	1964	G-ASPP	Replica
Bristol F.2b Fighter	1918	G-AEPH	Painted as RAF D8096
Bristol M.1C	1981	G-BWJM	Replica painted as RFC C4918
CASA 1.131E Jungmann	1967	G-RETA	Painted as Luftwaffe GD+EG
Comper Swift	1932	G-ACTF
de Havilland DH.51	1924	G-EBIR	Miss Kenya
de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird	1923	G-EBHX
de Havilland DH.60 Cirrus Moth	1925	G-EBLV	Owned by BAE Systems
de Havilland DH.60X Hermes Moth	1928	G-EBWD
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II	1942	G-ANKT	Painted as RAF K2585
de Havilland DH.88 Comet	1934	G-ACSS	Grosvenor House
De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22	1952	G-BNZC	Painted as RCAF 671
Deperdussin Type A Monoplane	1910	G-AANH
Desoutter I	1930	G-AAPZ
English Electric Wren	1923	G-EBNV
Gloster Gladiator	1937	G-AMRK	Painted as RAF K7985
Granger Archaeopteryx	1932	G-ABXL	Under restoration off site
Hawker Cygnet	1992	G-CAMM	Replica
Hawker Hind	1935	G-AENP	Painted as RAF K5414
Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib	1939	G-BKTH	Painted as RN Z7015
Hawker Tomtit	1931	G-AFTA	Painted as RAF K1786
Messerschmitt Me 163		191454	Fuselage mockup with original engine
Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea	1939	G-AEBB
Miles Magister	1939	G-AJRS	Painted as RAF P6382
Parnall Elf	1932	G-AAIN
Percival Prentice T1	1949	G-AOKL
Percival Provost T1	1955	G-KAPW	Painted as RAF XF603
Polikarpov Po-2	1924	G-BSSY	Painted as Soviet Air Force 28
RAF SE.5A	1918	G-EBIA	Painted as RFC F904
Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1		XA241	Display only
Sopwith Camel	2001	G-BZSC	Replica (under construction off site)
Sopwith Pup	1920	G-EBKY	Painted as RFC 9917
Sopwith Triplane	1980	G-BOCK	Replica painted as RNAS N6290
Southern Martlet	1930	G-AAYX
Supermarine Spitfire LF.Mk.Vc	1942	G-AWII	Painted as RAF AR501
Westland Lysander Mk.IIIa	1942	G-AZWT	Painted as RAF V9367

Also resident, but privately owned:

Druine Turbi
Luscombe Silvaire
Miles Falcon
Miles Magister
Ryan PT-22 Designated "001" as it was the first prototype.
Westland Wallace replica fuselage
De Havilland DH89A Rapide G-AGSH painted as British European Airways

Vehicles in the collection

1898 Panhard et Levassor
1899 Mors Petit Duc
1899 Benz International dogcart
1900 Marot Gardan
1901 Locomobile Steam Car
1901 Arrol-Johnston
1902 Baby Peugeot
1903 Richard-Brasier
1903 De Dietrich
1912 Crossley 15
1912 Wolseley MS
1913 Morris Oxford
1920 Hucks starter
1926 Jowett Short-chassis tourer
1931 Austin 16hp "Burnham"
1935 Austin Seven
1937 Railton
1937 Fiat Topolino
1937 MG TA

1939 Hillman Minx RAF Staff Car
1943 Fordson WOT 2H

1900 Singer Motor Wheel Motorcycle
1904 Aurora Motorcycle
1921 Scott Squirrel Combination
1923 Triumph SD Motorcycle
1927 Raleigh 14 Motorcycle
1929 Ariel Motorcycle
1938 Rudge Motorcycle
1940 BSA M20 Motorcycle
1950 Philips Cyclemaster
1952 Brockhouse Corgi Scooter
1955 BSA A7 Motorcycle
1955 New Hudson Motorcycle
1960 Norton ES2 Motorcycle

There is also a collection of tractors.

References

Notes

^ Ogilvy 1989, Ch.1.
^ Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS) Retrieved: 7 February 2009
^ Ogilvy 1989, Introduction.
^ Ellis 2004, pp. 12-14.

Bibliography

Ellis, Ken. Wrecks and Relics - 19th Edition, Midland Publishing, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-183-0.
Guttery, T.E. The Shuttleworth Collection. London: Wm. Carling & Co, 1969. ISBN 901319-01-5.
Ogilvy, David. The Shuttleworth Collection. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1989 (revised edition 1994). ISBN 1-85310-503-1.
Ogilvy, David. Shuttleworth - The Historic Aeroplanes. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1989 ISBN 1-85310-106-0.

External links

British aviation museums

England	AeroVenture · Battle of Britain Memorial Flight · Bournemouth Aviation Museum · Brooklands Museum · de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre · City of Norwich Aviation Museum · Farnborough Air Sciences Trust · Flambards Experience · Fleet Air Arm Museum · Gatwick Aviation Museum · Imperial War Museum Duxford · Kent Battle of Britain Museum · Lashenden Air Warfare Museum · Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre · Midland Air Museum · Museum of Army Flying · Museum of Berkshire Aviation · Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester · Newark Air Museum · Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum · North East Aircraft Museum · Royal Air Force Museum Cosford · Royal Air Force Museum London · Science Museum · Shoreham Aircraft Museum · Shuttleworth Collection · Solent Sky · The Helicopter Museum · Yorkshire Air Museum

Isle of Man	Manx Military and Aviation Museum

Northern Ireland	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland	National Museum of Flight

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