Interesting aircraft - pre 1952
| Note: except where noted, all photos on this page are Copyright (C) EJ Riding, used by kind permission of Richard Riding. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arpin A-1 Pusher | G-AFGB |  |
Registered in 1938, scrapped in 1946 |
| Avro 701 Athena T.2 | VW890 |  |
Prototype T.2 First flight 1/8/1948 |
| Avro Tudor 8 | VX195 |  |
With Rolls Royce Nene 4 engines. Made public appearances in 1948 |
| Blackburn B-48 (YA-1 Firecrest) | VF172 |  VF172.jpg) |
Made public appearances in 1948 |
| Cierva Air Horse | G-ALCV |  |
Registered in 1948, crashed at Southampton Eastleigh on 13/6/1950 as VZ724 |
| CLW Curlew | G-ADYU |  |
Registered 9/1936, scrapped in 1948 |
| Cunliffe-Owen Concordia | G-AKBE |  |
Registered in 1947, scrapped about a year later |
| GA Monospar ST25 Jubilee | G-ADIV |  |
Prototype: registered in 1935, crashed in Wigtown Bay 11/8/1936 |
| Hirtenburg HS.9A | G-AGAK |  |
Ex D-EDJH registered 20/11/1939, crashed 15/2/1958 |
| Hordern-Richmond Autoplane | G-AEOG |  |
Registered 16/10/1936, scrapped during WW2 |
| Junkers F13 | G-EBZV |  |
Registered in 1928, sold to Sweden as SE-AFW in 1937 |
| Luton Martin Monoplane | G-AEYY |  |
Ex Clarke Cheetah Monoplane G-AAJK. Preserved |
| Planet Satellite | G-ALOI |  |
Registered 26/4/1949, broken up in 1958 |
| Portsmouth Aerocar Major | G-AGTG |  |
Registered in 1945, scrapped in 1950 |
| Reid & Sigrist RS.1 Snargasher | G-AEOD |  |
Registered 9/10/1936, scrapped in 1944 |
Shapley Kittiwake |
G-AFRP |  |
Registered in 1939, crashed in 1946 |
Short SA.4 Sperrin |
VX158 |  |
The first prototype, flown 10/8/1951 |
| Short Sturgeon 1 | RK787 |  |
First prototype, first flown 7/6/1946 |
| Short Sturgeon 1 | RK791 |  |
Second prototype, first flown in 1948 |
| Short Sturgeon TT2 | TS477 |  |
With wings folded |
| Sud Ouest S.O.30 Nene | F-WAYB |  |
Pressurised French equivalent of the Nene Viking shown below, developed from the SO30 R Bretagne, and named Bellatrix, first flight was 15/3/1951. Photo from a Real Photographs of Southport postcard. Copyright unknown. Thanks to Chuck Maki |
| Vickers Nene Viking | G-AJPH |  |
The world's first jet transport aircraft, first flown on 25/7/1948. Temporarily became VX856 |
