Loaned by the Air Council to the Shuttleworth Collection in late 1959. First post-restoration flight on 28 September 1972. Here on a rare appearance away from its Old Warden base as part of the air display. The CAA later insisted all airworthy Shuttleworth Collection aeroplanes should have civil registrations, so unused G-AANJ was allocated in October 1981. The loan was reconfirmed in 1994 and maintenance serial 9239M was issued. The last flight was on 20 November 2003 when the loan was terminated and it went to RAF Cosford on 12 November 2003 where it has remained since in a dismantled state.

Loaned by the Air Council to the Shuttleworth Collection in late 1959. Seen here on static display, the first post-restoration flight was by Allen Wheeler two months later on 28 September 1972. The CAA later insisted all airworthy Shuttleworth Collection aeroplanes should have civil registrations, so unused G-AANJ was allocated in October 1981. The loan was reconfirmed in 1994 at which point maintenance serial 9239M was issued. The last flight was on 20 November 2003 when the loan was terminated and it went to RAF Cosford on 12 November 2003 where it has remained since in a dismantled state.

This was probably the final flight of this rare bird. It is now on static display with the RAF Museum.

The aircraft has now been grounded and is back with the Air Historical Branch at the RAF Museum at Cosford. My taxi for the day is in the background - Auster G-APRO.

A real old stager built 1918 and seen at the Battle Over Britain Air Display in 1990.