BV222C-012 moored at Calshot with RAF serial VP501. It was allocated the Air Ministry number AM138 but it is believed that this was never applied. The Jumo 207C compression ignition (Diesel) engines had 6 upright and 6 inverted cylinders in vertical opposition and gave 1000 hp for take-off.
Aeroplane 30 August 1946 *P.246 - A lengthy article on the only BV222 Wiking in England - VP501 "R", currently semi-servicable at Calshot with 201 Squadron. 13 were built and 2 others were currently in the USA.
30.8.46 p.246: The Blohm & Voss BV222 was ferried to Calshot from Trondheim on 25.7.45 and after trials coded "R" it was soc 11.6.47 and broken up there in 1947. Thirteen were built, two of which went to the USA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blohm und Voss BV.222 Wiking - ГерманияGermany - 1940

The Kay Single-seat Light Gyroplane (75 h.p. Pobjoy "R" engine).
The Kay Gyroplane G-ACVA c/n 1002 assembled ready for flight but still in primer before final painting. The conventional rudder and elevators can be seen, also the additional ground clearance for the 4-blade wooden propeller provided by the Pobjoy reduction gear in raising the propshaft above the engine centre line.
Aeroplane 28 June 1946 *P.748 - A brief report on McDonald Aircraft Ltd of Balado Bridge. CFI is David Kay, who said his Gyroplane would shortly reappear. The company runs Loch Leven Aero Club with Cirrus & Pobjoy Swallows, Tiger Moths and an Autocrat. They are also disposing of large numbers of Barracudas, including the first one, P9976. They converted Hudsons and Lodestars for the Norwegians during the war, and are reconditioning Sidney Cotton's Lockheed 12 for sale.
28.6.46 p.748: The Kay Gyroplane was G-ACVA c/n 1002 which was flown at Perth up to 16.8.47 and now in storage for the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
28.6.46 p.748: More on the Kay Gyroplane, it was built at Eastleigh by Oddie, Bradbury & Cull who made rotor blades for the Cierva autogyros. It was taken by surface transport to Perth for its first flight which was followed by tests at Farnborough. Power was a 75hp Pobjoy R driving a 4-blade fixed pitch propeller, lateral control was by cyclic variation of main rotor pitch and G-ACVA had an orthodox rudder and conventional elevator system. C/n was 1002, no doubt due to the fact that there was an earlier unregistered Kay Gyroplane 1 in 1933, a smaller machine powered by a 2-cyl horizontally-opposed Blackburn engine. It flew successfully but after a crash was dropped in favour of the more powerful G-ACVA which first flew 18.2.35.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Kay Gyroplane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

The Klemm L25 monoplane HB-ERU modified to have a tricycle undercarriage is seen here at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 28.6.46.
Aeroplane 12 July 1946 *P.43 - Amongst photographs of the International Air Rally at Lausanne on 29/30 June was one of Klemm L25 HB-EBU with a tricycle undercarriage. Also present was a Comte AC-11 HB-KIM fitted with an Avro Lynx. (A letter from Paul de Maeyer in the issue of 26 July suggested that the Klemm might have been the one used by Willy Farner at Grenchen in 1943 for tests prior to use on the WF.12).
12.7.46 p.43: Klemm L25 HB-ERU was photographed with tricycle undercarriage at Lausanne on 28.6.46. Unusually for an L25 the 9-cyl Salmson radial engine is the 9ADr version with 14/27 ratio reduction gear. This is apparent from the extended front casing and confirmed by the 60 hp quoted for the occasion. The smaller clearance of the larger-diameter slower-revving propeller used with the reduction gear may be one reason for adopting the nosewheel u/c, another being the influence of the many American tricycle-geared aircraft which landed in Switzerland during the war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Klemm L.25 - L.28 Swallow - ГерманияGermany - 1927

The second prototype Dove G-AGUC seen on its service trials. Note that the registration has not yet been applied to the upper surface of the wings.
Aeroplane 23 August 1946 *P.231 - A Dove owned by the MoS crashed at the BOAC Development base at Hurn on 14 August whilst on joint MoS/DH trials. H.W.North of DH killed and 3 others injured.
23.8.46 p.231: The Dove which crashed was the second prototype G-AGUC c/n 04000/P2 which had been in service less than 2 months. It crashed at West Howe, 4 miles SSW of Hum, at 13.46 hrs on 14.8.46, just after take-off, killing H.W.North, seriously injuring the pilot Captain R.G.E.Collier and slightly injuring two technicians on board.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dove / D.H.104 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Aerocar G-AGTG comes in for landing after its first flight at Portsmouth with only partial flap lowered 18.6.47. The undercarriage was fixed down on this flight to avoid taking any chances with the sole prototype.
Aeroplane 1 November 1946 *P.500 - reported that Portsmouth Aviation Ltd had already received over £1 million of export orders for the Aerocar and was seeking a new large factory in the Home Counties. (Was this just pure optimism?)
1.11.46 p.500: The Portsmouth Aerocar prototype G-AGTG c/n 2 was built in the immediate postwar period when large numbers of surplus military transports were available at knock-down prices. The reported large orders were apparently not enough to persuade investors to put up the large sums necessary to finance production by a small company which had no facilities for quantity building. The sole Aerocar was broken down in 1950 but reported still extant in dismantled state in 1952. C/n 1 G-AGNJ was being built as the Aerocar Minor with two 100 hp Cirrus Minor II engines but due to the low estimated performance building was stopped in favour of the 155 hp Cirrus Major version. Possibly it was the airframe of c/n 1 which was reported sent to India where production was planned but never took place. Richard MacDemitria, who worked for Portsmouth Aviation at the time, recalls the plan to deliver aircraft to India in crates for local assembly but nothing came of it.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Portsmouth Aerocar - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947