These pictures were taken at the Shuttleworth Collection evening air display on Saturday 23rd September 2006.
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BELOW: One of several de Havilland Tiger Moths at the display.
BELOW: The Ryan PT-22, which was the U.S. Army Air Corps' first monoplane primary trainer.
BELOW: The Comper Swift, designed by Flt Lt Nicholas Comper in 1929 as an air racer. This example dates from 1932.
BELOW: A modern replica of a 1924 Hawker Cygnet (front). This was the first aircraft designed by Sydney Camm, designer of the Spitfire, and it carries the registration G-CAMM in his honour. Behind it is a 1930 Southern Martlet, of which only six were built.
BELOW: Another view of the Martlet and Cygnet replica, with the control tower in the background. The spectators on the right are standing at the left-hand end of the flightline, looking towards the grass runway.
BELOW: The Grace Spitfire. Built in 1944 as a single seat fighter and designated ML407, it was later converted to a two-seat trainer for the Irish Air Corps.
BELOW: A 1955 Percival Provost T1. The Provost was used as the RAF's basic trainer from 1953 to 1961.
BELOW: An Avro 504K, a very successful WWI training aircraft. Some were also used as fighters to defend against German air raids. This example dates from 1918.
BELOW: A 1933 Avro Tutor. The Tutor replaced the Avro 504 in RAF service, and this aircraft is the sole surviving example.
BELOW: The Avro Tutor and a Tiger Moth waiting at the start of the runway.
BELOW: Tiger Moth in flight and after landing.
BELOW: The 1924 ANEC II, in flight, landing and being moved back to the hangar by Shuttleworth volunteers.
BELOW: The Hawker Cygnet replica in action.
BELOW: Tiger Moth taxiing towards the crowd line.
BELOW: Two 1939 examples of the Miles Magister, a trainer which first entered service with the RAF in 1937.
BELOW: The DHC1 Chipmunk, produced by de Havilland (Canada) Ltd. The prototype flew in 1946, and this 1952 example is flown in Royal Canadian Air Force livery.
BELOW: Hawker Sea Hurricane 1B, a navalised version of the famous fighter.
BELOW: A replica of the 1910 Bristol Boxkite, originally built for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, flies off into the sunset.
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