Amongst all of the unprecedented changes and uncertainty that the whole world is going through, we all no doubt experience and lose different parts of our normal day to day life in part of the ongoing battle the world is facing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/27084260546/in/dateposted-public/ All of those things come in different shapes and sizes to different people. … Continue reading Warbird Tails Looking Back – Shuttleworth Season Premiere
There are few names in aviation as iconic as that of de Havilland. From historic trainers to fighters, right through to the first commercial jet airliner, the company have been involved in all of it. Without a doubt the most impressive collection of de Havilland types and the company's story has always been the de … Continue reading de Havilland Aircraft Museum Re-Opening – 16th February 2020
In a workshop in the middle of England, a missing link in one of the great aviation racing stories is slowly coming back to life. Ken Fern has previously been involved in working on the construction of other vintage replicas in the past. More recent time has been spent on his current project, an ambitious … Continue reading Warbird People: Racing Revival – Ken Fern on the DH88 Comet Racer Project
This week (18th September) marks the third anniversary of the first post going live on Warbird Tails. Almost 260 posts on I still thoroughly enjoy updating this site regularly with Warbird news, history and stories. To mark the occasion I wanted to take a look back at three of the posts I'm most proud of … Continue reading Warbird Tails Turns Three
With such a diverse and impressive collection of displays taking place this year, including a number of memorable debuts there are only select acts which warrant more than one post in this series. A certain Delta Bomber is one, as there have been countless unique moments in its final season and the de Havilland Comet … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #12 – de Havilland Delight
The Shuttleworth Collection's first evening display of 2015 saw a memorable formation which saw the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Hurricane IIC and Spitfire V join the Collection's DH88 Comet for a series of passes. The Comet also performed in formation with the Collection's Mew Gull in an iconic racing pair.
The early autumn sun casts an atmospheric glow across the English countryside as the 50hp Gnome rotary engine gently encourages the Blackburn Type D monoplane in elegant turns around the airfield. Time seems to stand still whenever this beautiful piece of history takes to the skies and the October 2015 show at Old Warden was … Continue reading Shuttleworth Uncovered – 4th October 2015
The final evening display of the year at Old Warden, Flying Proms aside, had one of the most memorable line ups for a number of years. A huge number of wonderful visitors were laid out on the airfield, set to soak up the summer evening sun. As always I had one eye on the weather … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection’s Best Of British Evening Airshow – 18th July 2015
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
“Shuttleworth Magic” Those two words came up a few times on Saturday night, rightly so. There truly is nothing quite like Old Warden, no matter which of the based aircraft are in the air you are always aware that there is nowhere else in the world where such a sight could be seen. An evening … Continue reading The Shuttleworth Collection’s Evening Show – 23rd May 2015
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