Coincidentally the Sopwith Pup FSM at MAM is but a few feet away from the Humber Monoplane replica.
The start of the “Wings” series came at about the same time as the launch of Ford’s new ‘baby’ car the Fiesta. Leamington Spa Ford dealer Soans for their part of the official launch hired the Humber Monoplane from the Midland APS (MAM’s forerunner) to display in their showroom and also hired Tim Woodward the star of the series for a ‘gala evening’.
The Humber (a Bleriot replica on loan from Shuttleworth but subsequently fitted with an original Humber engine) travelled around well before we got the MAM up and running – other car showrooms, the Fleet Air arm Museum and the, then, new terminal at Birmingham Airport – usually in a large furniture removal van. Adding to the coincidence the Humber engine mentioned had, in the 1930’s, somehow found it’s way to Sywell where years later (I presume) the Pup was built by Dave Boddington.
I’ve still got a paperback copy of “Wings” signed by Tim Woodward that evening.

Roger Smith.

The Pup was built at DB Models Factory at Irchester, had to remove a window to get it out. It ws then test rigged at Sywell before going to the set at Chipping Norton for filming of the episode where “Triggers” comes back to his farthers factory to test fly a new Scout for the RFC!!!!