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Arpin A-1 Pusher

G-AFGB

Registered in 1938, scrapped in 1946

Avro 701 Athena T.2

VW890

Prototype T.2 First flight 1/8/1948

Avro Tudor 8

VX195

Made public appearances in 1948

Blackburn B-48 (YA-1 Firecrest)

VF172

Made public appearances in 1948

Cierva Air Horse

G-ALCV

Registered in1948, crashed at Southampton Eastleigh on13/6/1950 as VZ724

CLW Curlew

G-ADYU

Registered 9/1936, scrapped in 1948

Cunliffe-Owen Concordia

G-AKBE

Registered in 1947, scrapped about a year later

GA Monospar ST25 Jubilee

G-ADIV

Prototype: registered in 1935, crashed in Wigtown Bay 11/8/1936

Hirtenburg HS.9A

G-AGAK

Ex D-EDJH registered 20/11/1939, crashed 15/2/1958

Hordern-Richmond Autoplane

G-AEOG

Registered 16/10/1936, scrapped during WW2

Junkers F13

G-EBZV

Registered in 1928, sold to Sweden as SE-AFW in 1937

Luton Martin Monoplane

G-AEYY

Ex Clarke Cheetah Monoplane G-AAJK. Preserved

Planet Satellite

G-ALOI

Registered 26/4/1949, broken up in 1958

Portsmouth Aerocar Major

G-AGTG

Registered in 1945, scrapped in 1950

Reid & Sigrist RS.1 Snargasher

G-AEOD

Registered 9/10/1936, scrapped in 1944

Shapley Kittiwake

G-AFRP

Registered in 1939, crashed in 1946

Short SA.4 Sperrin

VX158

The first prototype, flown 10/8/1951

Short Sturgeon 1

RK791

Second prototype, first flown in 1948

Short Sturgeon TT2

TS477

With wings folded

Sud Ouest S.O.30 Nene

F-WAYB Pressurised French equivalent of the Nene Viking shown below, developed from the SO30 R Bretagne, and named Bellatrix, first flight was 15/3/1951. Photo from a Real Photographs of Southport postcard. Copyright unknown, thanks to Chuck Maki

Vickers Nene Viking

G-AJPH

The world's first jet transport aircraft, first flown on 25/7/1948. Temporarily became VX856


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