Warbird Information Exchange

The annual Shuttleworth Pageant took place on 6th September, the day started sunny but sadly just as the flying started a band of high level white cloud arrived to spoil the light for photography. Strong winds also made the flying challenging.

To start with, show me the money! This is where the Shuttleworth family fortune came from, Clayton and Shuttleworth Agricultural Machinery. Without this



Richard wouldn’t have been able to buy this

Or this


(for those who don’t know, the blue car is Richard’s Railton sports car and the aircraft is G-EBKY the Sopwith Pup (then a Dove) purchased by Richard Shuttleworth in 1936).

Before the general public are let in, the aircraft are put out to pasture!

By the time you get in the engineers and pilots have been pushing and pulling aircraft for a couple of hours.

Caption competition!


The collection’s plan to launch a man into space was tested on the flighline in the guise of starting the Biff. (It started first time by the way)


On with the flying


George Ellis in the 504






Dull Side On…sorry!

Ribbon pick up


Multiple Moths, always a good thing!








Three (count ‘em!) passes by the Lanc




Demon! Sadly the collections Hind is still poorly. I cant wait to see the two of them in the air together.




Only at Old Warden





Only two more shows to go after this one. Get there while you can.

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"Now then, your 5 Disc, CD player is here, electronic seat controls here, that's the machine that goes "ping", and the A/C and heater controls are to its left, right next to the ashtray with built in lighter."

I couldn't resist a caption...
Great shots Nick!
Thanks for posting!
Jerry

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Okay, dumb question time (again).........

On the airplane featured in the "caption contest" photo, why did they put the window roller-downer on the outside of the airplane, right next to the exhaust?

Gary

You got it worng Gary, you wind the handle and the pilot tells you how wonderful he is

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That's the booster magneto, the mechanic spins it while the prop is being spun, to help starting.

Looks like Rob Millinship giving directions, one of the really good guys I met while spending 11 weeks over there in 2005, helped inspire me to buy a Pitts.

Great photos of a great venue. Would like to see a Pitcairn Autogiro doing a couple of shows there next summer, and am looking for sponsors...




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Great post Nick! Words too!



That will be worth seeing.


Got to make that happen...

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

Is it me or is there just something cool about an airshow on grass.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

As always cracking pics Nick, tks for sharing.



Now that is funny

Thanks Baldeagle.