When i helped move it to Bletchley park, many years ago it had lots of metal corrosion in it. We held the wings on to the fuselarge with 10mm steel rod. It was then ordered of site!

When we (BARG) had our museum at Bletchley Park, we where told by the then person running the site. That our engines had to go off the Park. We had a merlin, Alison and hercules. These where sold to the museum at Twinwoods. We had spent a lot of time and money getting these items. These engines and the rest of our museum was a memorial to the airmen and women. Unfortunately the politics of the place where diffrent to ours so we closed. This left us with many thing to dispose of. We did keep a few items for ourself’s.

The SE5a in South Africa F7781/F7783 . Which was part of a Imperial gift of aeroplanes to South Africa. This aircraft is painted in silver dope. Also the SE5a in Australia was part of an imperial gift, A2-4.

I rember writting some details in Control Column in the early 70’s on the Zaunkoenig, which i had found in the Aeroplane Spotter. Which was that it was not meant to be able to stall. Also It is in the book “On home-made wings” by Arthur W J G Ord-Hume. It says the fuselage was rebuilt due to rot and the engine 51hp Zundapp was made mainly of magnesium provided a magical 2.1 lb/hp.
Best wishes and Happy new year

Dave

I was told by an old airman, when we had our museum at Bletchley Park. that there where some Stirlings buried in the desert. But he would not say where untill the political situation changed. As to weather this is true or not, i dont know. but he seemed to belive it .

Percival Vega Gull K79 G-AFBR. Crashed at Luton Airport prior to vist of Percival”s 1/6/1938.Owned by Indian Development Corporation of Bombay. Pilot Sir Alastair McRobert and two passengers killed.

Their was a photo of the MK1 nose in Flypast when the Car was given to Blenhiem team, many years ago