Festival of Flight
Old Warden, Biggleswade
June 28, 2025
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| Bristol Blenheim IF (L6739 registered G-BPIV) with the Shuttleworth Trust. |
| Supermarine Spitfire V (AR501 'DU-E' registered G-AWII). |
| Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXC (MK912 'DU-V' registered G-BRRA). Built in 1942. Marked DU-V belonged to the 312th Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron. |
| Avro Lancaster B1 (PA474 'VN-T') Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. |
| Chance-Vought F4U-5NL Corsair (123176 'WF-19' registered D-FCOR) Flying Legends Europe. |
| Polikarpov Po-2 (0094 'white 28' registered G-BSSY) from 1944 ex Yugoslavia Air Force. |
| Stampe-Vertongen SV-4A (G-JJGI c/n 199) built in 1946. Imported from New Zealand it is based at Old Warden. |
| de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide (G-AHAG) Scillonia Airways. |
Left to right: Mudry CAP 10C (G-CCXC)
Pitts S-2AE Special (G-STUI) with Pitts S-1S Special (G-SWON)
Auster J/1 Autocrat (G-AIGD). |
| Miles M14A Hawk Trainer 3 (P6382 registered G-AJRS). It was restored to flying condition by Shuttleworth apprentices using components from three other specimens and is one of only three airworthy examples in the world. |
| Miles M.14 Hawk Trainer (N3788 registered G-AKPF). Built as a Magister in 1938 for the Royal Air Force as V1075. |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk (WP905 registered G-BNZC marked '671' RCAF). Built in 1952 it served with the Royal Air Force. |
| Ryan ST-A (N7779 'S11') Built in 1940 as a Ryan STM-S delivered to the Dutch Naval Air Service in the Netherlands East Indies with serial S-40 in February 1941. |
| De Havilland DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS '34') named Grosvenor House. |
| Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang (A46-139 registered NX32CS) names 'Phooey' with the Warbird Display Team. It is a replica of the original Australian-designed and built fighter aircraft with nose art, which was originally applied to A46-195 of 4 Squadron, RAAF. This particular aircraft is based on a T.6 Texan airframe and differs internally from the original Boomerangs. |
| Yakovlev Yak-3UPW (F-AZZK 'White 48'). |
| Douglas R4D-6S (43-49147 USAAF, US Navy 50783 registered N151ZE) named 'Ready 4 Duty' with the Commemorative Air Force. |
| Desoutter Mk.I (G-AAPZ). It was constructed by National Flying Services (NFS) at Hanworth in 1931 from components supplied by Desoutter Aircraft of Croydon Aerodrome, Surrey. It made its first flight on August 18 1931. Powered by Cirrus Hermes engine, it was purchased by Richard Shuttleworth in January 1935. Only three of the 41 aircraft built survive today, the other two are VH-UEE and VH-UPR based in Tasmania and Australia, the latter is flyable as is G-AAPZ. |
| Dassault MD.312 Flamant (240 '319-DY' registered F-AZZR) ex Armee de l'Air now with the Amicale Alençonnaise des Avions Anciens A3A. |
| Avro Anson C.19 (TX176 registered G-AHKX) built in 1946. Repainted in 1918 by RGV Aviation at Gloucestershire Airport, it is now inscribed Royal Air Force Coningsby. |
| Miles Hawk Speed Six (G-ADGP '8') acquired from Roger Mills by the Shuttleworth Trust in April 2018. |
| Bristol F.2B Fighter (D8096 painted as 'B1162 F' registered G-AEPH in 1936) is part of the Shuttleworth Collection it is the only airworthy original example of a Bristol F.2B Fighter in Europe. It is painted to represent an aircraft of 22 Squadron. |
North American T-6 Harvard IV (AJ841 registered G-BJST) named 'Wacky Rabbit'.
Full-scale replica of the De Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth racer, operated by the Shuttleworth Collection as G-ECDX. |
| Comper CLA.7 Swift (G-ACTF) a British single-seat aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire, built in the 1930s. Shuttleworth Trust collection. |
Left to right: Polikarpov Po-2 (0094 'white 28' registered G-BSSY) from 1944 ex Yugoslavia Air Force.
Bristol F.2B Fighter (D8096 painted as 'B1162 F' registered G-AEPH in 1936).
Supermarine Spitfire V (AR501 'DU-E' registered G-AWII). |
| Airbus Helicopters H-135 Juno HT1 (ZM512 '12') was bringing the Red Arrows commentator. |
| The 2025 Red Arrows display. |
