Former Shuttleworth Pilots.

I don’t do biplanes, jets or civil, so no, I ain’t kidding! If it isn’t WW2, I don’t pay attention. Nice, sure, but of interest, sorry!

SE 5A : Would that be the original Hispano-Suiza engine up front! I know the aircraft is currently fitted with a Wolsey Viper.

And she looks the mutt’s nutts – more SE5a pics, please!! 😀

Hi Snapper,
You are kidding aren’t you? It’s the Shuttleworth SE5a. Um, one of W.W.I’s most important, famous and effective fighters?
Cheers

Looks like DVD’s aren’t to great archivally, doesn’t it.

Here’s Bee Beamont. I don’t know who took the pics or anything like that, nor even what type of aircraft it is. But these are from his own collection, and are reproduced for you lot.

Well, here’s some of ‘the usual suspects’… And a Mr Grey talking to Mr Morris too!

That commentatore name is Roger Hoefling and he Gave a scintillating talk today at the Friends of Duxford gathering. He was the organiser at Mildenhall until very recently and is now organising events for the Royal Navy. His style of commentary is fairly unique and his knowledge of aircraft shows his scholarship in research. The art of any commentator is to educate as well as inform and entertain when the odd spectacular item palls a bit and Roger truly has that skill.;) Also on the programme at Duxford were Helen Tempest, Dave Evans and Rod Dean all of whom gave excellent presentations on different aspects of the display scene. Congratulations to Steve Bridgewater and the other FOD members who organised such an entertaining event. Roll on the next one.
Trapper 69

The Nieuport 28 was flown by Stuart Goldspink, but neither he, nor the aircraft ‘belonged’ to the collection if I recall correctly!

Thanks for the input Airbedane. Of course the chief engineer is far more important than any mere pilot! :p – as you can always find a pilot, but good engineers are rare!

cheers

Ah, Bill Wainright.

I do remember now!

Thanks Airbedane.

And so it’s Skillicorn.

I couldn’t remember the name exactly.

Now one question I’d like to ask, although not pilot related, is what ever happened to the commentator by the name of Roger & what was his surname?

I always remember him doing the shows in the 80’s and my dad said he was doing them in the 70’s as well! When did he stop doing shows at OW?

Cheers

Paul

It’ll be a pleasure

I’ve still got mine, too, MOTF – I’ll bring it out this year and you can get that one as well……………!

Some people get really attached to their headgear.

Septic,

The reason nobody has ever written about the Collection pilots is that the philosophy of the place is to demonstrate the sight and sound of the machines, not the lucky chaps who fly them. Accordingly, no definitive list exists.

So if you really want to know who flew what, then you’ll have to first join the SVAS, then ask the Chief Engineer nicely if you can look at the aircraft logs, then go through each one page by page – and a facinating history it is too.

Here’s a few correction’s to the posts so far:

The Bill you speak of is Bill Wainright. He was a graduate of EPNER way before Andy S, so the latter wasn’t the first francofile. Bill left in 1990 to work for Airbus and eventually ended up as their CTP.

The first non-RAF trained pilot was Richard Shuttleworth – the founder – how could you leave him out?

Rob Millinship is the famous Aeromodeller and Pitts builder – he’s currently assisting Don Cashmore in the rebuild of Richard Granger’s Archyetc.

I agree with the hats comment, the guy to the left is Brian Lewis, the then display consultant, the Hatters are John Lewis, George Ellis and Andy Sephton

Bradburger: It’s Brian Skillicorn – an ex-helo TP and C130 driver.

Current pilot’s include: Willy Hackett, Chris Huckstep and Laurie Hilditch.

Of the curent pilots, three are non-test pilots, two of those are RAF trained, three are EPNER graduates, at least three are USNTPS graduates and the rest are graduates of ETPS.

PM me if you need more, Septic.

Airbedane.

And here’s a pic of some of them. Great fliers, appaling taste in headgear.

I have a few signatures of some of the collections pilots that were sent to my Grandad several years a go.

He found them while sorting some things out and gave them to me a few months back.

Can’t make them all out but these are the ones I can:

Angus McVitie

Bill Bowker

Brian Skillicom (or was it Skillihorn??)

Tony Haig Thomas

David Ogilvy

I think the one of the others is John Lewis’s and Bill somebody or other.

I can’t remember another pilot they had called Bill.

Can anybody else?

Cheers

Paul

Stuart Waring flew the Comet, and (was?) a training captain for TNT.

Also re. former Shuttleworth pilots: did not Bee Beamont fly the SE5 during displays in the late seventies? [/B][/QUOTE]

Bee Beamont also flew the English Electric Wren, what a contrast to the other EE products Bee use to fly during his day job.

The confusion over the Bulldog G-ABBB was that it crashed twice. Though donated to Shutteworth, I think that it was still being operated by Bristols – does anyone know for sure? I don’t think either accident occourred in the hands of a Shuttleworth pilot – again, anyone wiser?

Looking at ‘From Bleriot to Spitfire’ by DFO, the pilots listed (with biogs at the end) are David Ogilvy, Air Comm A H Wheeler, John Lewis, Neil Williams, Wing Co R F Martin, Desmond Penrose, Wing Co R P Beamont and George Ellis.

Skybolt- I think the pilot i/c the Bulldog at the time of its 1964 crash was Ian Williamson and not Godfrey Auty.

Also re. former Shuttleworth pilots: did not Bee Beamont fly the SE5 during displays in the late seventies?