RAFM Hendon Miles Mohawk on display

I last saw this airframe in a museum in Florida when the restoration had just started. It certainly seemed to be fairly complete at that stage. As for displaying it in the UK didn’t Lindbergh specify his requirements with Miles and then used it widely throughout Europe? Seems a good enough reason to display it here to me. Might be nice to loan it to Old Warden at some stage though?

The lion’s share of the work on this machine was carried out by Skysport Engineering. It’s relevance to the RAFM is somewhat vague – it would be nice on display in the Uvar Hazy building in the U.S to show what Lindberg flew besides the Ryan!

Its relevance is besides the point in this post – a truely amazing job has been done by the restoration team at RAFM Cosford. Its a shame it could not have been left there for a few months so local people could see what has been done. Well done Cosford – you know who you are!!!

Is this a restoration or a recreation – in the context of the earlier thread which debated this topic? How much of the “original” aeroplane is there in that which the RAF Museum are now displaying? Furthermore can someone explain to me the relevance of Linbergh’s touring aeroplane to a RAF museum? It was a question that I asked myself when I read that a Mew Gull replica was being displayed as part of the “milestones of flight” exhibition. Maybe the ambit of the RAF Museum is the history of aviation as a whole rather than the aircraft of the RAF. I have to confess that I do not know.