You may know that the Arrow Active at Shuttleworth has been put up for sale , not by the collection but by Desmond Penrose who owns it.
I dont know the price, how do you price a unique aircraft ?, but i’m sure its beyond the collections budget.
So what fate is in store for it ? who would be interested in buying it other than a collection like Shuttleworth?.
Sallis collection ? US buyer?( i think i would have to chain myself to the hangar door to protest if that were the case).
The Active is a beautiful little aircraft that deserves to be at Old Warden, lets hope by some means thats where she stays.
PS I would upload a picture if i knew how!!!
Phil.
By: The Blue Max - 21st November 2005 at 19:26
Did we actualy manage to find out if anything has happened to the Arrow Active??
By: ollieholmes - 21st November 2005 at 16:51
Was there any other nice shots he allowed you to copy?
By: G-ORDY - 21st November 2005 at 05:23
Interesting photos, Are they from your own collection?
The Active shot is from Alex’s personal photo album. which he kindly allowed me to copy many years ago. Not sure where I got the other … had it for years.
By: ollieholmes - 20th November 2005 at 22:40
Interesting photos, Are they from your own collection?
By: G-ORDY - 20th November 2005 at 18:55
Alex Henshaw
Couple of shots of Alex’s aircraft. The Active Mk I, taken at his private strip, and the Tomtit in its wartime markings – possibly taken at Castle Bromwich.
By: ollieholmes - 18th November 2005 at 00:33
Is there any other Tom**** out there? Even bits of them?
By: ollieholmes - 18th November 2005 at 00:33
Yes i remember that article. Great article. I didnt realise he had 3 of the Tom****. It says what happened to 2 of them but not the third so thats why i asked.
By: Arm Waver - 17th November 2005 at 15:08
There was an article earlier this year in Aeroplane about AH’s Tom****. Including pictures of OW’s prior to aquisition with the headrest and Spitfire windscreen.
By: ollieholmes - 17th November 2005 at 14:42
Damm. What a great shame. I knew that Tomtit is the only one in the world i was just wondering what happened to Henshaws other one.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 17th November 2005 at 14:39
Yep – IIRC the other Tomtit was written off in an accident by another pilot shortly after they were acquired by AH -Sigh for a Merlin mentions it.
TT
By: ollieholmes - 17th November 2005 at 14:33
And he owned the Tomtit during ww11 and flew it as his personal transport. He had another 2 tom**** as well there. 1 he wrote off hitting a parked spitfire and can anyone tell me what happened to the other?
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 17th November 2005 at 14:26
Yep- spot on, well done that man.
There were only two Actives ever built – Alex Henshaw bailed out of the other one!
(Also the Mew Gull and Active were owned by the same person whilst at OW)
By: ollieholmes - 17th November 2005 at 14:23
The link:
They where all based at shuttleworth
They all have some link possibly to Alex Henshaw (definatly the tomtit and probs the gull)
After that i dont know. I thought i had seen the mew gull at shuttleworth this year.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 17th November 2005 at 14:17
Owned/ based at the same place as the Mew Gull – with Toff Smuth at Brietown – strong link between the two aeroplanes in more ways than one…and with the Tomtit – you’re an Oldwardian Ollie – d’you know what it is?
TT
By: ollieholmes - 17th November 2005 at 14:11
Sorry been away from the world of aviation for a few years. Got distracted by typically teenage things. I dont need to say more but lets keep to the subject of this lovely little aeroplane
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 17th November 2005 at 09:34
🙂
By: The Blue Max - 17th November 2005 at 08:19
Been at Breighton for a couple of years now, Keep up!!!
By: ollieholmes - 17th November 2005 at 01:44
Where is that flying from now? I thought it was at the shuttleworth collection but i have not noticed it there recantly.
By: T6flyer - 16th November 2005 at 21:10
A wonderful little aeroplane….probably the most famous aeroplane I’ve swung.
Martin
By: Newforest - 16th November 2005 at 14:18
And another in it’s right place! 🙂
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