One of the hangers at Old Warden Aerodrome home of the Shuttleworth Collection. Photo ©Pete Jenkins I have been interested and occasionally obsessed with aeroplanes for as long as I can remember. Whilst I was at primary school, I must have read every ‘Biggles’ book by Captain W E Johns that I could get my hands on – nearly 100. In time I realised that some of the planes our hero flew were made up ones that never existed, but over the years I have been able to tick a number of the real ones off...

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