1935 Aircraft / Car Graveyard located on road between York and Doncaster

My Dad (Peter), remembers the Velo at Old Warden. In fact he had a piece of fabric of it. He use to go over to Old Warden from Biggleswade skipping Sunday school. His tail is that the local lads told him that if he pedalled very fast down the hill out side the aerodrome he would take off. Each time he rode down he hill the lads said you nearly took off, but you must go faster. I don’t know how many times he did it before he got feed up, with not going fast enough! The family moved to Dunstable in 1935. But dad still has a soft spot for Old Warden, the place he first saw an aeroplane take off. Dad is still playing with vintage gliders and will be taking the oldest Slingsby glider to Bicester on the 20/21 June. Also most of the gliders at Shuttleworth he has had something to do with them. Not bad for a 87 year old local lad.

Dave

G-AAAZ was one of the sister a/c to G-AAAW that was scrapped at Old Warden in 1935, I have the Lion engine from G-AAAW

Andy

Here is a short story https://www.flickr.com/photos/tuuur/6312503418/

Martin

What a wonderful image!

Looks to be Blackburn Velos G-AAAZ.

Very tidy for a vehicle scrapyard.

Mark