Shuttleworth, Harvard?

Odd they don’t advertise the fact on their website :confused:

The Harvard is probably not a major part of the course,the students may only fly in her once or twice , possibly to sample some aspects of control and stability.

The best piece of equipment in any inventory, is the one that’s used extremely regularly, is entirely transparent and therefore forgotten. Yet provides the most essential service.

But it isn’t half missed if it suddenly goes awol or breaks.

Now where did I hide my broadband router???

My guess is that it has become so much a part of the furniture, they forgot about it when they did the website.

Odd they don’t advertise the fact on their website :confused:

Skybolt is absolutely correct … Harvard KF183 still flies most days at Boscombe,also she is still used by ETPS as part of the test flying course!!

Tony Haig-Thomas, the aviation trustee of the Collection certainly used to own a Harvard, G-JUDI (IIRC). He flew it regularly in Shuttleworth displays several years ago.

Probably the fact that it is not a British design might have something to do with it in terms of the Collections acquisition policy. This notwithstanding the superb record of the Harvard as a trainer in RAF service from the late thirties to the mid fifties.

I believe that at Boscombe Down they still use the type in military marks as a chase plane and photographic mount for trials work. If that is the case then this iconic North American trainer has been in UK military service for nigh on 70 years. What a tremendous record.

Cheers,

Trapper 69
:rolleyes:

David, I wasn’t suggesting they base their collection around trainers. But Shuttleworth said they were wanting to base their collection around trainers, I think it was no more than 2 years ago the said that.

Tyler – the collecting policy did include ‘the first 100 years of flight’ so you could have almost anything within that ! I would argue that to have a collecting policy of trainers could result in a collection which is eventually bland! Maybe a Dragon like G-ADDI or a Rapide would be a nice addition instead of a Harvard?

Am I right in thinking Shuttleworth doesn’t have a Harvard in it’s collection?

If so how come, when their current goal is to base the collection around trainers. Seing as the Harvard is probably the best known piston engined trainer in the world with the exeption being the Tiger Moth?

Care to donate one?

Regards,

kev35

Too modern perhaps? 🙂

Wot, like the Provost :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:

Roger Smith

Too modern perhaps? 🙂