71 results found
| Registration / Serial: | G-ATOY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
| C/n (msn): | 24-4346 |
| Aircraft Name: | I Must Fly / Myth Too |
| City / Area: | London - Daily Mirror Building - Holborn Circus [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1966 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802958Submit Correction |
| View count: | 35 |
Sheila Scott's Piper Comanche, G-ATOY, on temporary display outside the HQ of the Daily Mirror newspaper in July 1966.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ATOY |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
| C/n (msn): | 24-4346 |
| City / Area: | London - Daily Mirror Building - Holborn Circus [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1966 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ATOY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
| C/n (msn): | 24-4346 |
| Aircraft Name: | I Must Fly / Myth Too |
| City / Area: | London - Daily Mirror Building - Holborn Circus [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1966 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802958Submit Correction |
| View count: | 35 |
Sheila Scott's Piper Comanche, G-ATOY, on temporary display outside the HQ of the Daily Mirror newspaper in July 1966.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ATOY |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
| C/n (msn): | 24-4346 |
| City / Area: | London - Daily Mirror Building - Holborn Circus [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1966 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEKL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.21 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802252Submit Correction |
| View count: | 40 |
Edgar Percival posing alongside the first "new build" Mew Gull, G-AEKL, at Gravesend. It was flown by Percival in the 1936 King's Cup Air Race and the Folkestone Trophy Race that summer before being sold to Air Publicity Ltd for use by Tom Campbell-Black in the Schlesinger Race. It was then fitted with a Gipsy Six Srs II and DH variable pitch propeller, becoming an E.2H in the process.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEKL |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.21 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEKL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.21 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802252Submit Correction |
| View count: | 40 |
Edgar Percival posing alongside the first "new build" Mew Gull, G-AEKL, at Gravesend. It was flown by Percival in the 1936 King's Cup Air Race and the Folkestone Trophy Race that summer before being sold to Air Publicity Ltd for use by Tom Campbell-Black in the Schlesinger Race. It was then fitted with a Gipsy Six Srs II and DH variable pitch propeller, becoming an E.2H in the process.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEKL |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.2 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.21 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACND |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.1 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.20 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 March 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802135Submit Correction |
| View count: | 46 |
The Mew Gull in its original form at the Press Launch held at Gravesend, Kent, on 15 March 1934. Powered by a Napier Javelin it was flown in very blustery conditions by Edgar Percival. Designed and stressed by R H Bound, it was modified with a Gipsy Six Srs I, single strut undercarriage and new tapered wing - all designed by Arthur Bage - before competing in the 1934 King's Cup Air Race. A new fuselage was then designed by Bage, and with the new wing and undercarriage from E.20 fitted it became E.20A. The original airframe survived until burnt at Luton in July 1945.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACND |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.1 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.20 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 March 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACND |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.1 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.20 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 March 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 802135Submit Correction |
| View count: | 46 |
The Mew Gull in its original form at the Press Launch held at Gravesend, Kent, on 15 March 1934. Powered by a Napier Javelin it was flown in very blustery conditions by Edgar Percival. Designed and stressed by R H Bound, it was modified with a Gipsy Six Srs I, single strut undercarriage and new tapered wing - all designed by Arthur Bage - before competing in the 1934 King's Cup Air Race. A new fuselage was then designed by Bage, and with the new wing and undercarriage from E.20 fitted it became E.20A. The original airframe survived until burnt at Luton in July 1945.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACND |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.1 Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.20 |
| City / Airport: | Gravesend (closed) | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 March 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFAA |
| Other Marks: | 23 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.3H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.24 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1938 |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 801308Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Giles Guthrie taxies Edgar Percival's Mew Gull, G-AFAA, on the Friday before the race took place. Officially entered by the Viscountess Wakefield, it was flown by Percival to take 6th place the following day. Badly damaged in a heavy landing at Hatfield during WW2 the damaged airframe was destroyed in a fire-fighting demonstration at Luton Airport in July 1945. Press photo.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFAA |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.3H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.24 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFAA |
| Other Marks: | 23 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Percival E Mew Gull |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.3H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.24 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1938 |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 801308Submit Correction |
| View count: | 54 |
Giles Guthrie taxies Edgar Percival's Mew Gull, G-AFAA, on the Friday before the race took place. Officially entered by the Viscountess Wakefield, it was flown by Percival to take 6th place the following day. Badly damaged in a heavy landing at Hatfield during WW2 the damaged airframe was destroyed in a fire-fighting demonstration at Luton Airport in July 1945. Press photo.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFAA |
| Aircraft Version: | Percival E.3H Mew Gull |
| C/n (msn): | E.24 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Area: | Tunstall [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799831Submit Correction |
| View count: | 71 |
Acquired in 1939 in damaged form by J F Ford, it was stored in Stoke-on-Trent until acquired by Mike Russell in July 1977 to form the basis of TWO restorations. The wings and tail surfaces to become a DH53 Humming Bird which was registered "G-EBQP" - although that aircraft had been destroyed before the Martin was built from the airframe of the Clarke Cheetah - and the Martin Monoplane itself. The Martin project is believed to be "resting" in Bedfordshire.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Area: | Tunstall [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Area: | Tunstall [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799831Submit Correction |
| View count: | 71 |
Acquired in 1939 in damaged form by J F Ford, it was stored in Stoke-on-Trent until acquired by Mike Russell in July 1977 to form the basis of TWO restorations. The wings and tail surfaces to become a DH53 Humming Bird which was registered "G-EBQP" - although that aircraft had been destroyed before the Martin was built from the airframe of the Clarke Cheetah - and the Martin Monoplane itself. The Martin project is believed to be "resting" in Bedfordshire.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Area: | Tunstall [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 to 1973 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Denham (EGLD)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799828Submit Correction |
| View count: | 210 |
Photo taken shortly after its first flight, this shows the original modified wire-braced fuselage taken from the Clarke Cheetah, G-AAJK. The Martin Monoplane was built by Luton Aircraft at Denham, Harold Best-Devereux is in the cockpit, Ronald D Telfer to the left and Leonard Carter's head is just visible - obscured by the headrest. It was built for Richard A Hopkinson utilising the fuselage and wings of the Cheetah. Following a forced landing a few days after this photo a new plywood-covered fuselage was manufactured - tailored to the owner's 6ft 6ins frame.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Denham (EGLD)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Martin Monoplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Denham (EGLD)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799828Submit Correction |
| View count: | 210 |
Photo taken shortly after its first flight, this shows the original modified wire-braced fuselage taken from the Clarke Cheetah, G-AAJK. The Martin Monoplane was built by Luton Aircraft at Denham, Harold Best-Devereux is in the cockpit, Ronald D Telfer to the left and Leonard Carter's head is just visible - obscured by the headrest. It was built for Richard A Hopkinson utilising the fuselage and wings of the Cheetah. Following a forced landing a few days after this photo a new plywood-covered fuselage was manufactured - tailored to the owner's 6ft 6ins frame.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEYY |
| Aircraft Version: | Martin Monoplane |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Denham (EGLD)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEGV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | EMAC.1 |
| City / Airport: | Northampton - Sywell (EGBK / ORM)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799525Submit Correction |
| View count: | 55 |
Almost complete but waiting for the engine, colour scheme was silver overall with dark green registration and wavy trim line. This was the original aircraft. The fuselage was destroyed prior to discovery by Bob Ogden who gifted the project to the newly-formed Midland Aircraft Preservation Society in 1968/69 and a new fuselage was built in Coundon, Coventry.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEGV |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | EMAC.1 |
| City / Airport: | Northampton - Sywell (EGBK / ORM)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEGV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | EMAC.1 |
| City / Airport: | Northampton - Sywell (EGBK / ORM)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799525Submit Correction |
| View count: | 55 |
Almost complete but waiting for the engine, colour scheme was silver overall with dark green registration and wavy trim line. This was the original aircraft. The fuselage was destroyed prior to discovery by Bob Ogden who gifted the project to the newly-formed Midland Aircraft Preservation Society in 1968/69 and a new fuselage was built in Coundon, Coventry.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEGV |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | EMAC.1 |
| City / Airport: | Northampton - Sywell (EGBK / ORM)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEOH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | RCS.1 |
| City / Area: | Sutton Coldfield [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799522Submit Correction |
| View count: | 160 |
Final assembly of R C Streather's Pou-du-Ciel at his workshop in Sutton Colfield. It was transported to Walsall Aerodrome where it flew successfully but after the type had its Permit to Fly withdrawn the fuselage was converted into a motor cycle sidecar.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEOH |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | RCS.1 |
| City / Area: | Sutton Coldfield [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEOH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | RCS.1 |
| City / Area: | Sutton Coldfield [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 799522Submit Correction |
| View count: | 160 |
Final assembly of R C Streather's Pou-du-Ciel at his workshop in Sutton Colfield. It was transported to Walsall Aerodrome where it flew successfully but after the type had its Permit to Fly withdrawn the fuselage was converted into a motor cycle sidecar.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEOH |
| Aircraft Version: | Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel |
| C/n (msn): | RCS.1 |
| City / Area: | Sutton Coldfield [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | July 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADEI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 504 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 504 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 504N |
| C/n (msn): | E3460 |
| Promotional Titles: | CO-OP Tea |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | British Empire Air Display 1936 |
| Photo Date: | 10 May 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 798392Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
My late father taking a joy ride over Coventry, Warwickshire, in the Avro 504N (owned by Herbert Basil Goldwyn Michelmore) operated by Tom Campbell-Black's flying circus. He was 15 and it was his first flight. He evidently became "hooked" as he went on to fly Lancasters with No. 626 Sqdn, RAF.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADEI |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 504N |
| C/n (msn): | E3460 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 May 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADEI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 504 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 504 |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 504N |
| C/n (msn): | E3460 |
| Promotional Titles: | CO-OP Tea |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | British Empire Air Display 1936 |
| Photo Date: | 10 May 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 798392Submit Correction |
| View count: | 48 |
My late father taking a joy ride over Coventry, Warwickshire, in the Avro 504N (owned by Herbert Basil Goldwyn Michelmore) operated by Tom Campbell-Black's flying circus. He was 15 and it was his first flight. He evidently became "hooked" as he went on to fly Lancasters with No. 626 Sqdn, RAF.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADEI |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 504N |
| C/n (msn): | E3460 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 May 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AFFH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Caudron C.68 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Caudron C.68 |
| Aircraft Version: | Caudron C.68 |
| C/n (msn): | 5198/6 |
| Location: | Withheld |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 2019 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 793692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 67 |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AFFH |
| Aircraft Version: | Caudron C.68 |
| C/n (msn): | 5198/6 |
| Location: | Withheld | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 2019 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AFFH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Caudron C.68 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Caudron C.68 |
| Aircraft Version: | Caudron C.68 |
| C/n (msn): | 5198/6 |
| Location: | Withheld |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 2019 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 793692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 67 |
| Registration / Serial: | F-AFFH |
| Aircraft Version: | Caudron C.68 |
| C/n (msn): | 5198/6 |
| Location: | Withheld | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 2019 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 793270Submit Correction |
| View count: | 60 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 793270Submit Correction |
| View count: | 60 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792965Submit Correction |
| View count: | 67 |
Line up of new Wickos outside the Foster Wikner factory at Eastleigh - they rented space in the WWI hangars. The other aircraft besides G-AEZZ are: G-AFKS (c/n 6), G-AFKK (c/n 8) and G-AFKU (c/n 7)
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792965Submit Correction |
| View count: | 67 |
Line up of new Wickos outside the Foster Wikner factory at Eastleigh - they rented space in the WWI hangars. The other aircraft besides G-AEZZ are: G-AFKS (c/n 6), G-AFKK (c/n 8) and G-AFKU (c/n 7)
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEZZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 2 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABXL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| Aircraft Version: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| C/n (msn): | 3A |
| City / Airport: | Nottingham (EGBN / NQT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1932 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792951Submit Correction |
| View count: | 70 |
Built by the Granger Brothers, photo by Alex Henshaw
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABXL |
| Aircraft Version: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| C/n (msn): | 3A |
| City / Airport: | Nottingham (EGBN / NQT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1932 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABXL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| Aircraft Version: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| C/n (msn): | 3A |
| City / Airport: | Nottingham (EGBN / NQT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1932 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792951Submit Correction |
| View count: | 70 |
Built by the Granger Brothers, photo by Alex Henshaw
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABXL |
| Aircraft Version: | Granger Archaeopteryx |
| C/n (msn): | 3A |
| City / Airport: | Nottingham (EGBN / NQT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | June 1932 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Ken Woolley Collection |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792731Submit Correction |
| View count: | 99 |
In the mid 1960s Kenneth Woolley bought G-AFJB for £20 to save it from being scrapped. He repainted it in wartime ATA markings with its impressment serial as no original photos existed. It was displayed in the garden of his home at Berkeswell, Warwickshire, until he built a blister hangar to house it in. It was restored to the register as G-AFJB on 2 January 1973 and still flying by 2015.
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Collection: | Ken Woolley Collection |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792731Submit Correction |
| View count: | 99 |
In the mid 1960s Kenneth Woolley bought G-AFJB for £20 to save it from being scrapped. He repainted it in wartime ATA markings with its impressment serial as no original photos existed. It was displayed in the garden of his home at Berkeswell, Warwickshire, until he built a blister hangar to house it in. It was restored to the register as G-AFJB on 2 January 1973 and still flying by 2015.
| Registration / Serial: | DR613 |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Berkeswell [ Off-Airport ] | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1965 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
The Foster Wikner Wicko prototype having been re-engined with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I to improve take-off performance. Tare weight was reduced from 1,170lbs to 938lbs but the price increased from £425 to £650.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
The Foster Wikner Wicko prototype having been re-engined with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I to improve take-off performance. Tare weight was reduced from 1,170lbs to 938lbs but the price increased from £425 to £650.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | March 1937 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792457Submit Correction |
| View count: | 68 |
Original prototype Wicko F.W.1, built in Lusty's furniture factory, Bow, East London. Powered by a modified Ford V8 car engine, underslung radiator is evident in this photo. The engine proved to be too heavy and although the aircraft flew well the take-off run was too long. It was subsequently rebuilt as the F.W.2 with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I. Following storage in Birmingham during WW2 it was restored post-war but lapsed into dereliction at Portsmouth and disappeared in 1953. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner in 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792457Submit Correction |
| View count: | 68 |
Original prototype Wicko F.W.1, built in Lusty's furniture factory, Bow, East London. Powered by a modified Ford V8 car engine, underslung radiator is evident in this photo. The engine proved to be too heavy and although the aircraft flew well the take-off run was too long. It was subsequently rebuilt as the F.W.2 with a 90hp Cirrus Minor I. Following storage in Birmingham during WW2 it was restored post-war but lapsed into dereliction at Portsmouth and disappeared in 1953. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner in 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AENU |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko F.W.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| City / Airport: | Stapleford (EGSG)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | October 1936 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Other Marks: | KK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792439Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
In camouflage but wearing the last two letters of its civil registration. This was the demonstrator of the 3-seat "Wicko Warferry" converted for ATA use tp carry three service pilots at 200lbs each with parachutes and overnight kit bags of 10lbs each. Single control, non-aerobatic, two 15 gall wing tanks, front struts lightened and jury struts fitted. Reinforced below doors. Impressed May 1941 as ES913, ATA White Waltham, to No 24 Sqdn 1942.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Other Marks: | KK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792439Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
In camouflage but wearing the last two letters of its civil registration. This was the demonstrator of the 3-seat "Wicko Warferry" converted for ATA use tp carry three service pilots at 200lbs each with parachutes and overnight kit bags of 10lbs each. Single control, non-aerobatic, two 15 gall wing tanks, front struts lightened and jury struts fitted. Reinforced below doors. Impressed May 1941 as ES913, ATA White Waltham, to No 24 Sqdn 1942.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKK |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 Warferry |
| C/n (msn): | 8 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1940 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792437Submit Correction |
| View count: | 56 |
Photo taken at Eastleigh prior to delivery to the Hawkes Bay and Middle Districts Aero Clubs, New Zealand. Impressed as NZ580. Crashed near Johnsonville 26 Nov 1942. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 792437Submit Correction |
| View count: | 56 |
Photo taken at Eastleigh prior to delivery to the Hawkes Bay and Middle Districts Aero Clubs, New Zealand. Impressed as NZ580. Crashed near Johnsonville 26 Nov 1942. Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AGN |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791984Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
Geoffrey Wikner with the "Wicko Snow Bird", G-AFKS, the ski assembly was designed and built in just four days due to a sudden downpour of snow which blanketed the aerodrome! Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Foster Wikner Wicko |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791984Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
Geoffrey Wikner with the "Wicko Snow Bird", G-AFKS, the ski assembly was designed and built in just four days due to a sudden downpour of snow which blanketed the aerodrome! Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AFKS |
| Aircraft Version: | Foster Wikner Wicko G.M.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 6 |
| City / Airport: | Southampton (EGHI / SOU)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791956Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | King's Cup Air Race 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |
| Photo ID: | 791956Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
Photo supplied by Geoffrey Wikner 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACSZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-5 Courier |
| C/n (msn): | 19 |
| City / Airport: | Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 July 1934 |
| Photo from: | Gordon Riley Collection |