This years Open Workshop days moved to a mid-week slot, rather nicely filling the no-mans land between Christmas and New Year. The move certainly seemed to work well as on the Thursday, when I attended, the airfield was incredibly busy, certainly as busy as I've seen this event. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/32146504986/in/dateposted-public/ There is no doubt that the … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection Open Engineering Workshop 2016
I have to admit, watching the weather forecasts over the past few weeks I was starting to think that airshows must just have a curse in place. It seems over the past couple of months we have seen wall to wall sunshine as we go through the weeks only for skies to darken as soon … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection – Edwardian Evening Display 20th June 2015
As fundamental and important as every piece of aerodynamic and structural design has been for every stage of development of powered flight, nothing, but nothing has been as important as the power itself. In this series I intend to run through a number of historically significant power-plants and explain why they were important and some … Continue reading Aero Engines Of History: 1903 – 1914
December is an historic month for aviation as it marks the anniversary of the Wright Brothers finally realising mans quest for controlled flight. In the decade or so following that achievement there were of course countless aircraft produced. It was an exciting time of daring pilots and impressive designs as well as being a period … Continue reading Pre War Pioneers – Shuttleworth’s Edwardians
Warbird Tails 