Shuttleworth Military Air Pageant

[7thleicesters]

Selection of photos from today - more to come of individual aircraft/vehicles etc in the coming days



Bristol M.1 Scout



Sopwith Triplane, which inspired the famous Fokker Dreidecker



Sopwith Triplane with Sopwith Pup behind







The big and beautiful Bristol F.2b Fighter - one of the best aircraft of the First World War. Despite the fact it was intended as a reconnaissance machine, used aggressively as a single seater but with an added sting in the tail it was immensely successful

I had the pleasure of helping pushing this 'Biff' and the Triplane back into the hangar later on, whilst dressed as RFC groundcrew - wonder when the last time that happened was?





SE5a







Avro 504k, used as a reconnaisance/bomber aircraft early in the war (and also as a home defence anti-airship night fighter), it was more commonly used as a trainer





Edwardian De Dietrich racer



Me as a member of the Royal Flying Corps



Hucks Starter on a Ford model T chassis - designed by a gentleman called 'Hucks' (funny that) at RAF Hendon, to start the engines of larger aircraft such as the Bristol Fighter. Also built on the Crossley chassis too - Shuttleworth use it for starting the Bristol Fighter and Hawker Hind, as shown here



Crossley staff car

[oskar2ndchev]

Excellent pictures! I'd love to see aircraft at our next event (I can dream!). ;D

[rmli]

As an A&P tech (airframe and powerplant) and inspector, I really can appreciate the amount of work that goes into keeping these old birds in the air. Are they original, or blueprinted replicas?

[rmli]

Adam,

There are some French Nieuport replicas at Phoenix/Deervalley airport. Maybe you can make a deal with those lads? Your dream maybe a bit closer than you think.

Phil

[Larry Dunn]

Great photos! Thanks especially for the pic of the Bristol M1; I didn't know there were any surviving examples.

-Larry

[oskar2ndchev]

There are some French Nieuport replicas at Phoenix/Deervalley airport. Maybe you can make a deal with those lads? Your dream maybe a bit closer than you think.

Something to look into! Years ago at JRT, they actually managed to arrange for a plane to do a bombing run with sacks of flour. The plane was a bi-plane but was actually 1930s vintage but from a distance, it was pretty convincing. Unfortuantely we were never able to work it it with the pilot a second time (from what I was told, the JRT site was in a canyon and the winds were tricky from a flying point of view).

[7thleicesters]

Aug 4, 2008 7:34:20 GMT -8 @rmli said:

As an A&P tech (airframe and powerplant) and inspector, I really can appreciate the amount of work that goes into keeping these old birds in the air. Are they original, or blueprinted replicas?

A mixture;

Bristol F.2b Fighter D8096 - original, built in 1918
Bristol M.1 Scout - replica, completed in 1990 but with original engine
Sopwith Triplane - replica, completed in 2000, with original engine
Sopwith Pup - original, but built in 1920 as a Sopwith Dove (civilian Pup)
Avro 504k - original
RAF SE5a - original

They also have a replica Sopwith Camel under construction by the Northern Aeroplane Workshop, who made the other replicas in the collection

[CRMichaelis]

Awesome photos! Keep them coming! What a great experience to help out in period uniform and all. Great! Thanks much!!