Checking out in the Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk The Curtiss P40 was a development of the previous radial-engined Curtiss P36 and first flew in 1938. By the time production ended at Curtiss Wright’s Buffallo plant...
HAWKER NIMROD II Hawkers silver biplanes – the most beautiful biplanes of them all? Arguably the most beautiful biplanes ever built and the most famous aircraft serving with Commonwealth forces between the wars were...
With thanks to Vintage Wings of Canada, Rob Erdos’ notes on flying the unique Russell Group Messerschmitt Bf 109E Rob Erdos, Vintage Wings of Canada
DH87B HORNET MOTH Introduction These are purely my own informal views, jotted down long ago to help a friend who had bought a Hornet Moth. However, I read them through again today, with...
FLYING THE FIESELER STORCH Incredible looking with its long spindly undercarriage, a wingspan which at 48ft is as wide as a Fairey Swordfish, full span slats, long fuselage and large “greenhouse” cabin, the Fieseler...
The Sea Hurricane 1B Resting silently on a flying day, waiting for her chance to perform, the Collection’s beautifully restored Sea Hurricane is an aviation enthusiast’s dream. This surely is what Old Warden is...
Flying the Spitfire Back in the 1940s, a young fighter pilot would probably qualify on the Spitfire within a period of only a few months, having trained during this time on types such as...
The SE5a The SE5a was the mount of many of the fighter aces of the First World War and for any pilot lucky enough to fly it the reasons are obvious as soon as...
Flying the Bristol Fighter Although I had flown several of the collection’s aircraft already, the Bristol Fighter was to be my first genuine World War 1 machine. Hence it was with some excitement that...
Flying the Gladiator Often described as one of the last great biplane fighters, the Gloster Gladiator is one of my favourite aircraft. To me it seems that this aircraft more than any other in...