Aeronca 100 G-AEVT c/n 115 after rebuilding was completed by owner P Simpson (L) and A Ord-Hume (R) three years after it had been lying derelict.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Aeronca C - СШАUSA - 1929

Aeronca G-AEVT taking off after its rebuild flown by J K Keates of the United Services Flying Club. Alas, it was written off when it crashed only a few months later at Loughborough 11.7.50.
Flight 2.2.50 * p.156 - Article on the rebuild from a delapidated state of Aeronca 100 G-AEVT by two young students; P Simpson [aged 21] and A Ord-Hume [aged 17]. They purchased it in 1947 and work was carried out in Simpson's garage at Pinner. Flight trials had now commenced at Elstree and as soon as certified, work would commence on a Luton Minor. This was covered in Flight 9.3.50, p.326, with a photo of G-AFIR in garden of A W Ord-Hume being re-conditioned and for flight in June.
F 2.2.50 p.156 - Photos show the Aeronca 100 G-AEVT with its young rebuilders and on an early test flight during 1950. Paul Simpson was the registered owner and was seriously injured when G-AEVT stalled on take-off and crashed at Loughborough 11.7.50. Arthur W J G Ord-Hume became a leading light in the British home-building movement, though he too was injured when the Luton Minor G-AFIR crashed at Oxhey, Herts on 1.5.51. Richard MacDemitria recalls working on the Luton Minor with Ord-Hume in the blister hangar at RAF Hendon in 1951.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Aeronca C - СШАUSA - 1929

The pusher propeller Baumann Brigadier prototype NX30025 on an early flight. The projection underneath is a venturi tube, no doubt for driving test gyro instruments in the rear of the five seat cabin.
Flight 23.3.50 * p.383 - A statement from Baumann Aircraft Corporation saying that whilst they had sold the first prototype Brigadier to Piper Aircraft Corporation "to expedite development of a twin-engined tractor type aircraft by Piper", they had not sold the design rights or equipment. The first production Brigadier was due to fly in early summer.
F 23.3.50 p.383 - The prototype four-seat Baumann Brigadier B250 NX30025 first flew in June 1947. It had two Continental C125 flat six engines of 125 rated hp. These gave it a maximum speed of 170 mph, cruise was 150 mph and it stalled at 60 mph. Wing span was 41 ft, gross weight 3200 lb, ceiling 18,000 ft and range 600 miles. Empty weight was 2150 lb. J B Baumann was a former Lockheed engineer and said that he aimed to keep the price low, a figure of $25,000 was mentioned.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Baumann B-250 / B-290 Brigadier - СШАUSA - 1947

A period postcard from 1913 showing the owner/pilot "F.M.Glew (sic) and his 50 hp Gnome-Blackburn Monaplane" (sic). The complex of wing bracing wires is clearly visible, as is the half-cowled 7-cyl Gnome engine and the steering wheel control column. This aircraft, c/n 725, is still with the Shuttleworth Trust as G-AANI although the marks are not worn.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Mercury / Type D / Type E - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1911