Congratulations must go to the RAF Museum, Hawker Restorations/AJD Engineering and posthumously to Alex Henshaw for bringing a Mew Gull to Hendon, she is quite spectacular especially when you consider she is a replica.
Judge for yourselves…
A really nice touch, a mannequin of the great man in the cockpit
This is what impressed me the most, the completeness of the cockpit
By: REF - 13th April 2008 at 16:18
I took some photos of the one at Breighton the other day, a very special aircraft. Alex Henshaw even signed the aircraft!
5 photos can be found here http://www.richardflagg.fotopic.net/c1487789.html
Richard
By: bri - 13th April 2008 at 11:15
And also one of the most beautiful racers ever built.
Bri 🙂
By: low'n'slow - 13th April 2008 at 10:07
Not much better when in the air either!! 😮
Actually Alex Henshaw used to ‘taxi’ by climbing out of the cockpit and walking alongside, with his hand on the throttle and nudging the tail in the direction he wanted the aeroplane to go!
But it was built with one thing in mind – to go as fast and far as possible. Its London-Capetown-London record (still unbeaten by any light aircraft) and victories in air races prove that it was very good at what it was designed to do.
By: XH668 - 12th April 2008 at 19:34
visibility must be awful when on the ground
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By: low'n'slow - 12th April 2008 at 19:18
A stunning reproduction and a fine tribute to one of Britain’s greatest pilots.
As TT said, Alex himself would have been proud.
Don’t forget though, thanks to Taff Smith at Breighton, not only does the ORIGINAL still exist, it flies regularly. That’s how it should be for such a fine aeroplane! :diablo:
By: Rlangham - 12th April 2008 at 19:10
Last time I was at the RAF Museum there were plans on display for three British pre-WW2 civilian aircraft arranged together in Milestones, IIRC it was a Miles aircraft, the Mew Gull, and, I believe, the Moth
By: David Burke - 12th April 2008 at 18:57
Will the relevance of it be lost on many visitors?? It’s a wonderful guesture but I still wonder where exactly the RAFM is going with it’s collecting policy .
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 12th April 2008 at 16:32
AH would have been proud 😮
superb job chaps!
TT
By: jbs - 11th April 2008 at 21:35
Did Skysport build it? I thought Hawker Restorations/AJD Engineering were building a replica for Hendon?
http://www.hawker-restorations-ltd.co.uk/Static%20Mew%20Gull.html
Hi Chris,
You are right, my mistake. I will amend.
Still a damn fine product wherever she hails from.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 11th April 2008 at 20:45
Did Skysport build it? I thought Hawker Restorations/AJD Engineering were building a replica for Hendon?
http://www.hawker-restorations-ltd.co.uk/Static%20Mew%20Gull.html
By: Rlangham - 11th April 2008 at 20:14
Fantastic – there’s also a Miles going into ‘Miles’tones too! Didn’t know it was put in so soon, i’ll have to nip down tomorrow. There’s a few more of the excellent mannequins under build to complement the displays too
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