86 results found
Registration / Serial:G-AEXF
Other Marks:3
Aircraft Original Type:Percival E Mew Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival E Mew Gull
Aircraft Version:Percival E.2H Mew Gull
C/n (msn):E.22 / PFA 13-10020
City / Airport:Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map
Country:Isle of Man
Event:Manx Air Derby 1937
Photo Date:29 May 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:787118Submit Correction
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Photo loaned to me by Alex Henshaw, seated in cockpit, with his father "Pop" Henshaw standing alongside. First race after Alex had acquired the Mew Gull in an exchange for his Leopard Moth with Bill Humble.
Registration / Serial:G-AEXF
Aircraft Version:Percival E.2H Mew Gull
C/n (msn):E.22 / PFA 13-10020
City / Airport:Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map
Country:Isle of Man
Photo Date:29 May 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-AEXF
Other Marks:3
Aircraft Original Type:Percival E Mew Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival E Mew Gull
Aircraft Version:Percival E.2H Mew Gull
C/n (msn):E.22 / PFA 13-10020
City / Airport:Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map
Country:Isle of Man
Event:Manx Air Derby 1937
Photo Date:29 May 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:787118Submit Correction
View count: 76
Photo loaned to me by Alex Henshaw, seated in cockpit, with his father "Pop" Henshaw standing alongside. First race after Alex had acquired the Mew Gull in an exchange for his Leopard Moth with Bill Humble.
Registration / Serial:G-AEXF
Aircraft Version:Percival E.2H Mew Gull
C/n (msn):E.22 / PFA 13-10020
City / Airport:Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (EGNS / IOM)Map
Country:Isle of Man
Photo Date:29 May 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:June 1973
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778137Submit Correction
View count: 139
Salvaged from Ballale Island in 1968. Restored to fly by Bob Diemert with a Wright R-2600 radial engine instead of the original. On November 22, 1969 he took off from Friendship Airfield on its first flight but it had not been registered or cleared. In anticipation of the flight, the Canadian Department Of Transport (DOT) had officers on the ground at the airport to arrest Bob when he landed. Instead, he flew about 20 miles to land at RCAF Station Macdonald near Portage la Prairie! Other sources say it is a D3A2, 3178. Photo by Fred Guthrie.
Registration / Serial:CF-TZT
Aircraft Version:Aichi D3A2
C/n (msn):3179
Display Paint:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:June 1973
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:June 1973
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778137Submit Correction
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Salvaged from Ballale Island in 1968. Restored to fly by Bob Diemert with a Wright R-2600 radial engine instead of the original. On November 22, 1969 he took off from Friendship Airfield on its first flight but it had not been registered or cleared. In anticipation of the flight, the Canadian Department Of Transport (DOT) had officers on the ground at the airport to arrest Bob when he landed. Instead, he flew about 20 miles to land at RCAF Station Macdonald near Portage la Prairie! Other sources say it is a D3A2, 3178. Photo by Fred Guthrie.
Registration / Serial:CF-TZT
Aircraft Version:Aichi D3A2
C/n (msn):3179
Display Paint:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Toronto - Downsview (CYZD)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:June 1973
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:SkegnessMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778133Submit Correction
View count: 91
Registration / Serial:G-AMJP
Aircraft Version:Dart Kitten III
C/n (msn):131
City / Airport:SkegnessMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:SkegnessMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778133Submit Correction
View count: 91
Registration / Serial:G-AMJP
Aircraft Version:Dart Kitten III
C/n (msn):131
City / Airport:SkegnessMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-AGWH
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 691 Lancastrian C3
C/n (msn):1280
Operator Titles:British South American Airways - BSAA
Aircraft Name:Star Dust
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778127Submit Correction
View count: 129
2 August 1947: At 1:46 p.m., G-AGWH, operating British South American Airways Flight CS59, departed Buenos Aires, Argentina enroute Santiago, Chile. At 5:41 p.m., Santiago airport received a routine Morse code signal indicating the flight would arrive in four minutes. It never arrived. Its fate remained a mystery until 1998, when two mountain climbers on Mount Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, 50 miles east of Santiago, found a wrecked Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in the melting ice of a glacier at 15,000 ft.
Registration / Serial:G-AGWH
Aircraft Version:Avro 691 Lancastrian C3
C/n (msn):1280
Operator Titles:British South American Airways - BSAA
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-AGWH
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 691 Lancastrian C3
C/n (msn):1280
Operator Titles:British South American Airways - BSAA
Aircraft Name:Star Dust
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778127Submit Correction
View count: 129
2 August 1947: At 1:46 p.m., G-AGWH, operating British South American Airways Flight CS59, departed Buenos Aires, Argentina enroute Santiago, Chile. At 5:41 p.m., Santiago airport received a routine Morse code signal indicating the flight would arrive in four minutes. It never arrived. Its fate remained a mystery until 1998, when two mountain climbers on Mount Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, 50 miles east of Santiago, found a wrecked Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in the melting ice of a glacier at 15,000 ft.
Registration / Serial:G-AGWH
Aircraft Version:Avro 691 Lancastrian C3
C/n (msn):1280
Operator Titles:British South American Airways - BSAA
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 January 1946 to 31 July 1947
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABSI
Aircraft Original Type:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
Aircraft Generic Type:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
C/n (msn):4
Aircraft Name:Youth of Britain
City / Area:Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Alan Cobham's Tour of the UK - 1934
Photo Date:6 August 1934
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778124Submit Correction
View count: 134
Prototype Ferry specifically built to the requirements of Alan Cobham for his National Aviation Day displays. Cobham served as a Director of Airspeed in return for placing an order for two aircraft for his company, National Aviation Day Limited which combined showmanship with air displays and joy-riding. Taken by road from York to Sherburn-in-Elmet and f/f 5th April 1932. Photo by L F Barham.
Registration / Serial:G-ABSI
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
C/n (msn):4
City / Area:Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 August 1934
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABSI
Aircraft Original Type:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
Aircraft Generic Type:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
C/n (msn):4
Aircraft Name:Youth of Britain
City / Area:Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Alan Cobham's Tour of the UK - 1934
Photo Date:6 August 1934
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:778124Submit Correction
View count: 134
Prototype Ferry specifically built to the requirements of Alan Cobham for his National Aviation Day displays. Cobham served as a Director of Airspeed in return for placing an order for two aircraft for his company, National Aviation Day Limited which combined showmanship with air displays and joy-riding. Taken by road from York to Sherburn-in-Elmet and f/f 5th April 1932. Photo by L F Barham.
Registration / Serial:G-ABSI
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS.4 Ferry
C/n (msn):4
City / Area:Boskensoe, Falmouth [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 August 1934
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:MV239
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Camden Museum of Aviation
Photo Date:1976
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776888Submit Correction
View count: 156
Leased to the Camden Museum of Aviation by Syd Marshall between July 1972 and June 1983. Restored to ground-running condition with a Merlin 70 (No. 184559) as seen here. Subsequently sold to Col Pay and restored to fly as VH-HET (A58-758). First flown after restoration on 29 December 1985.
Registration / Serial:MV239
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1976
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:MV239
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Collection:Camden Museum of Aviation
Photo Date:1976
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776888Submit Correction
View count: 156
Leased to the Camden Museum of Aviation by Syd Marshall between July 1972 and June 1983. Restored to ground-running condition with a Merlin 70 (No. 184559) as seen here. Subsequently sold to Col Pay and restored to fly as VH-HET (A58-758). First flown after restoration on 29 December 1985.
Registration / Serial:MV239
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Camden (YSCN / CDU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1976
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:RR232
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9
C/n (msn):CBAF-IX-3279
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:14 October 1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776827Submit Correction
View count: 144
Roll out ceremony of the complex composite Spitfire, based on the fuselage of RR232, and owned by Peter Sledge. The original RR232 was built at Castle Bromwich as an H.F.IX (Merlin 70) and had been taken on charge by No 45 MU, Kinloss, exactly 40 years earlier. After a period on display in Australia it was sold to Charles Church during 1985 and arrived in the UK in January 1987. Due to having been restored as a static exhibit many parts were removed and used in other projects before the hulk was bought by Martin Phillips for restoration to fly. (Photo by Peter Anderson).
Registration / Serial:RR232
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9
C/n (msn):CBAF-IX-3279
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:14 October 1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:RR232
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9
C/n (msn):CBAF-IX-3279
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:14 October 1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776827Submit Correction
View count: 144
Roll out ceremony of the complex composite Spitfire, based on the fuselage of RR232, and owned by Peter Sledge. The original RR232 was built at Castle Bromwich as an H.F.IX (Merlin 70) and had been taken on charge by No 45 MU, Kinloss, exactly 40 years earlier. After a period on display in Australia it was sold to Charles Church during 1985 and arrived in the UK in January 1987. Due to having been restored as a static exhibit many parts were removed and used in other projects before the hulk was bought by Martin Phillips for restoration to fly. (Photo by Peter Anderson).
Registration / Serial:RR232
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF9
C/n (msn):CBAF-IX-3279
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:14 October 1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-HET
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
City / Airport:Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776817Submit Correction
View count: 131
MV239 nearing the end of an extensive restoration to flight for Col Pay which was led by John Delayney and which involved extensive re-skinning of the fuselage and wings plus fitting a Merlin 68A (ex Avro Lincoln) and new propeller blades, together with an overhaul of all internal systems. It was flown again on 29 December 1985 as A54-758 (VH-HET).
Registration / Serial:VH-HET
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
City / Airport:Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-HET
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
City / Airport:Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776817Submit Correction
View count: 131
MV239 nearing the end of an extensive restoration to flight for Col Pay which was led by John Delayney and which involved extensive re-skinning of the fuselage and wings plus fitting a Merlin 68A (ex Avro Lincoln) and new propeller blades, together with an overhaul of all internal systems. It was flown again on 29 December 1985 as A54-758 (VH-HET).
Registration / Serial:VH-HET
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 359 Spitfire HF8
C/n (msn):6S/581740
City / Airport:Scone (YSCO / NSO)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1984
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776319Submit Correction
View count: 91
Designed by Harold Bolas, built at Yate 1928-29. C of A 25 Jun 1930. Sold to Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley), Dec 1932, damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Herongate, Rickmansworth, Herts, 20 March 1934, caused by the Elf's reliance on a fuel pump rather than the simplicity of a gravity-fed system. Registration G-AAFH cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2 Aug 1934 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". Photo from Don L. Brown.
Registration / Serial:G-AAFH
Aircraft Version:Parnall Elf I
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776319Submit Correction
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Designed by Harold Bolas, built at Yate 1928-29. C of A 25 Jun 1930. Sold to Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley), Dec 1932, damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Herongate, Rickmansworth, Herts, 20 March 1934, caused by the Elf's reliance on a fuel pump rather than the simplicity of a gravity-fed system. Registration G-AAFH cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2 Aug 1934 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". Photo from Don L. Brown.
Registration / Serial:G-AAFH
Aircraft Version:Parnall Elf I
C/n (msn):1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ADDI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2
C/n (msn):6096
City / Airport:Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776314Submit Correction
View count: 93
Operated at the time by Air Navigation and Trading Company Ltd of Blackpool (Squires Gate) Date is an approximation.
Registration / Serial:G-ADDI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2
C/n (msn):6096
City / Airport:Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ADDI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2
C/n (msn):6096
City / Airport:Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776314Submit Correction
View count: 93
Operated at the time by Air Navigation and Trading Company Ltd of Blackpool (Squires Gate) Date is an approximation.
Registration / Serial:G-ADDI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 2
C/n (msn):6096
City / Airport:Rawcliffe (York Municipal Airport) closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:AB910
Alternate Registration:G-AISU
Military Code:QJ-J
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B
C/n (msn):CBAF.1061
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776115Submit Correction
View count: 183
Vickers photo supplied to me over 60 years ago. I believe that the pilot was Jeffrey Quill - the "QJ-J" code was applied in his honour when the aircraft was owned by Vickers. The date is an estimate.
Registration / Serial:AB910
Alternate Registration:G-AISU
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B
C/n (msn):CBAF.1061
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:AB910
Alternate Registration:G-AISU
Military Code:QJ-J
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B
C/n (msn):CBAF.1061
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:776115Submit Correction
View count: 183
Vickers photo supplied to me over 60 years ago. I believe that the pilot was Jeffrey Quill - the "QJ-J" code was applied in his honour when the aircraft was owned by Vickers. The date is an estimate.
Registration / Serial:AB910
Alternate Registration:G-AISU
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5B
C/n (msn):CBAF.1061
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABUR
Aircraft Original Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Version:Percival D.1 Gull Four
C/n (msn):D.20
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:773460Submit Correction
View count: 131
The prototype Percival Gull, G-ABUR, photographed in 1933 either during or practicing for that year's King's Cup Air Race. This was a virtually new airframe, the original having been severely damaged in an accident the previous summer. Photo given to me by Alex Henshaw.
Registration / Serial:G-ABUR
Aircraft Version:Percival D.1 Gull Four
C/n (msn):D.20
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABUR
Aircraft Original Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:Percival D Gull
Aircraft Version:Percival D.1 Gull Four
C/n (msn):D.20
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:773460Submit Correction
View count: 131
The prototype Percival Gull, G-ABUR, photographed in 1933 either during or practicing for that year's King's Cup Air Race. This was a virtually new airframe, the original having been severely damaged in an accident the previous summer. Photo given to me by Alex Henshaw.
Registration / Serial:G-ABUR
Aircraft Version:Percival D.1 Gull Four
C/n (msn):D.20
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:July 1933
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABEE
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):473
City / Area:Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Northern Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:1965 to 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772833Submit Correction
View count: 216
Fuselage frame of Sports Avian G-ABEE. Having donated parts for the restoration of G-EBZM it was sold and exported to Australia c.1978 and was used as a studio prop for the movie "The Lancaster Miller Affair" in the mid 80s. Now believed to be in Queensland as a restoration project.
Registration / Serial:G-ABEE
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):473
City / Area:Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1965 to 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABEE
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):473
City / Area:Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Northern Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:1965 to 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772833Submit Correction
View count: 216
Fuselage frame of Sports Avian G-ABEE. Having donated parts for the restoration of G-EBZM it was sold and exported to Australia c.1978 and was used as a studio prop for the movie "The Lancaster Miller Affair" in the mid 80s. Now believed to be in Queensland as a restoration project.
Registration / Serial:G-ABEE
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):473
City / Area:Stockport / Heaton Chapel [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1965 to 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-EBLF
Aircraft Original Type:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane]
Aircraft Generic Type:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane]
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1
C/n (msn):AW154
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:City of Glasgow
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1926
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772824Submit Correction
View count: 151
Registration / Serial:G-EBLF
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1
C/n (msn):AW154
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1926
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-EBLF
Aircraft Original Type:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane]
Aircraft Generic Type:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane]
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1
C/n (msn):AW154
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:City of Glasgow
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1926
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772824Submit Correction
View count: 151
Registration / Serial:G-EBLF
Aircraft Version:Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1
C/n (msn):AW154
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1926
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1928
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772815Submit Correction
View count: 65
Roy Chadwick (Designer), Bert Hinkler and R. J. Parrott (General Manager of A. V. Roe & Company Ltd) with the prototype Avian prior to Hinkler's first solo flight between England and Australia. Leaving London (Croydon) on 7 February, he arrived at his home town of Bundaberg, Queensland, on 27 February. The flight took 128 flying hours and in the process Hinkler smashed the old record time between the two countries from 28 to just over 15 days.
Registration / Serial:G-EBOV
Aircraft Version:Avro 581E Avian
C/n (msn):5116
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1928
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1928
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772815Submit Correction
View count: 65
Roy Chadwick (Designer), Bert Hinkler and R. J. Parrott (General Manager of A. V. Roe & Company Ltd) with the prototype Avian prior to Hinkler's first solo flight between England and Australia. Leaving London (Croydon) on 7 February, he arrived at his home town of Bundaberg, Queensland, on 27 February. The flight took 128 flying hours and in the process Hinkler smashed the old record time between the two countries from 28 to just over 15 days.
Registration / Serial:G-EBOV
Aircraft Version:Avro 581E Avian
C/n (msn):5116
City / Airport:Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1928
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Loftus, NSW
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1980
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772799Submit Correction
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Arrival at John Gallagher's home in Loftus, NSW, for static restoration for East West Airlines. Photo by P.N.Anderson.
Registration / Serial:VH-ASM
Aircraft Version:Avro 652A Anson I
C/n (msn):[ W2068 ]
City / Airport:Loftus, NSW
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1980
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Loftus, NSW
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1980
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772799Submit Correction
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Arrival at John Gallagher's home in Loftus, NSW, for static restoration for East West Airlines. Photo by P.N.Anderson.
Registration / Serial:VH-ASM
Aircraft Version:Avro 652A Anson I
C/n (msn):[ W2068 ]
City / Airport:Loftus, NSW
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1980
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:National Aeronautical Collection
Photo Date:1969
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772780Submit Correction
View count: 147
The only surviving multi-engine German aircraft from the First World War. It was shipped to Canada as a war trophy in 1919; over the next forty years its movements were not well documented and its two 260 hp Mercedes engines were lost. The aircraft was stored in a warehouse operated by the Canadian War Museum in the 1950s. Between 1968 and 1969, it was restored by No. 6 Repair Depot, RCAF, at Trenton, and its original engines were replaced with 160 hp Mercedes engines. It was transferred to the Museum in 1970.
Registration / Serial:574/18
Aircraft Version:AEG G.IV
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1969
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:National Aeronautical Collection
Photo Date:1969
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772780Submit Correction
View count: 147
The only surviving multi-engine German aircraft from the First World War. It was shipped to Canada as a war trophy in 1919; over the next forty years its movements were not well documented and its two 260 hp Mercedes engines were lost. The aircraft was stored in a warehouse operated by the Canadian War Museum in the 1950s. Between 1968 and 1969, it was restored by No. 6 Repair Depot, RCAF, at Trenton, and its original engines were replaced with 160 hp Mercedes engines. It was transferred to the Museum in 1970.
Registration / Serial:574/18
Aircraft Version:AEG G.IV
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Trenton (CYTR / YTR)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:1969
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-EBTU
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 594 Avian III
C/n (msn):R3/AV/125
Aircraft Name:Red Rose
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 October 1927
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772578Submit Correction
View count: 153
Capt William Lancaster and Mrs Keith "Chubbie" Miller prior to departure on their England - Australia flight. They crashed on take-off Muntok, Batavia 10 Jan 1928; repaired at Singapore and flight restarted 13 Mar 1928; arrived Darwin 19 Mar 1928. UK Registration G-EBTU belatedly cancelled 2.12.30. Re-registered in Australia as G-AUTU 30 May 1928, re-registered VH-UTU 20 Sept 1930. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by fire after crash-landing at Singleton, NSW 6 June 1936.
Registration / Serial:G-EBTU
Aircraft Version:Avro 594 Avian III
C/n (msn):R3/AV/125
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 October 1927
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-EBTU
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 594 Avian III
C/n (msn):R3/AV/125
Aircraft Name:Red Rose
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 October 1927
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772578Submit Correction
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Capt William Lancaster and Mrs Keith "Chubbie" Miller prior to departure on their England - Australia flight. They crashed on take-off Muntok, Batavia 10 Jan 1928; repaired at Singapore and flight restarted 13 Mar 1928; arrived Darwin 19 Mar 1928. UK Registration G-EBTU belatedly cancelled 2.12.30. Re-registered in Australia as G-AUTU 30 May 1928, re-registered VH-UTU 20 Sept 1930. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by fire after crash-landing at Singleton, NSW 6 June 1936.
Registration / Serial:G-EBTU
Aircraft Version:Avro 594 Avian III
C/n (msn):R3/AV/125
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 October 1927
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ACGT
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 594A Avian IIIA
C/n (msn):171
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772503Submit Correction
View count: 171
Avro 594 Avian IIIA [Genet II] CofA No.1583 issued 24th Oct 1928 to Eyars Auto Co. Regd EI-AAB 1st Jan 1929. Regd G-ACGT May 1933 to unknown owner. CofA issued 10th June 1933. Regd 29th March 1935 to the Coventry Aviation Group. Regd 18th June 1936 to C.S. Burney & B.B.A. Whitton. Regd 6th Oct 1937 to Richard Noble Graham, No.13 Sqdn, RAF Odiham, Hants. Regn cancelled 1st Jan 1939. Aircraft stored by Mr K Smith of Linthwaite, W. Yorks. Restoration started at Yeadon by Mike Rockcliffe mid 1970s, stored following his death. Under rebuild by Ben Cox in Warwickshire 2025. Photo by R. P. Howard
Registration / Serial:G-ACGT
Aircraft Version:Avro 594A Avian IIIA
C/n (msn):171
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ACGT
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 594A Avian IIIA
C/n (msn):171
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772503Submit Correction
View count: 171
Avro 594 Avian IIIA [Genet II] CofA No.1583 issued 24th Oct 1928 to Eyars Auto Co. Regd EI-AAB 1st Jan 1929. Regd G-ACGT May 1933 to unknown owner. CofA issued 10th June 1933. Regd 29th March 1935 to the Coventry Aviation Group. Regd 18th June 1936 to C.S. Burney & B.B.A. Whitton. Regd 6th Oct 1937 to Richard Noble Graham, No.13 Sqdn, RAF Odiham, Hants. Regn cancelled 1st Jan 1939. Aircraft stored by Mr K Smith of Linthwaite, W. Yorks. Restoration started at Yeadon by Mike Rockcliffe mid 1970s, stored following his death. Under rebuild by Ben Cox in Warwickshire 2025. Photo by R. P. Howard
Registration / Serial:G-ACGT
Aircraft Version:Avro 594A Avian IIIA
C/n (msn):171
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1936
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABLK
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):523
Aircraft Name:Southern Cross Minor
City / Airport:Tanezrouft
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:17 November 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772328Submit Correction
View count: 163
Wreckage of Capt William Lancaster's Avro Avian IVM (previously VH-UQG) which crashed on 12 April 1933. The body of William Lancaster was discovered 12 February 1962 by a patrol of the Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion) when they found the crash site. The wreck was located about 45 miles west of Lancaster's planned route from Reggane to Gao, French Sudan. His intended route was to follow a road across the desert. The estimated time of arrival at Gao was 0230. The wreck was recovered by the Wylton Dickson Expedition.
Registration / Serial:G-ABLK
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):523
City / Airport:Tanezrouft
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:17 November 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-ABLK
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 594/616 Avian
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):523
Aircraft Name:Southern Cross Minor
City / Airport:Tanezrouft
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:17 November 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:772328Submit Correction
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Wreckage of Capt William Lancaster's Avro Avian IVM (previously VH-UQG) which crashed on 12 April 1933. The body of William Lancaster was discovered 12 February 1962 by a patrol of the Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion) when they found the crash site. The wreck was located about 45 miles west of Lancaster's planned route from Reggane to Gao, French Sudan. His intended route was to follow a road across the desert. The estimated time of arrival at Gao was 0230. The wreck was recovered by the Wylton Dickson Expedition.
Registration / Serial:G-ABLK
Aircraft Version:Avro 616 Avian IVM
C/n (msn):523
City / Airport:Tanezrouft
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:17 November 1975
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection