Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Shuttleworth Collection's Miles M14A Magister, P6382, G-AJRS and David Bramwell's Miles M14A Magister, N3788, G-AKPF, give a paired display at Duxford during the Duxford Flying Finale 2023.
The Shuttleworth Collection’s Magister was built in 1939 and entered service with the RAF as P6382. When it was acquired in 1971 it bore the civil registration G-AJDR.
The logbook revealed an earlier change of fuselage (to which another aeroplane’s identity is attached) to that of P6382, which had never borne a civil registration, so it has was then registered G-AJRS.
It was restored to flying condition by Shuttleworth apprentices using components from three other Magisters and is one of only four airworthy examples in the world.
N3788 (G-AKPF) - For some years this Magister wore the RAF serial V1075. Its service career ended on 9 November 1942, when it was stored at No.51 MU, Lichfield and finally sold on 4 December 1947 for £50.
Registered G-AKPF and ‘civilianised’ by Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd, the aircraft was granted its original Certificate of Airworthiness on 23 April 1948. It had a mixed career as a flying school aircraft, mostly with Air Schools Ltd of Wolverhampton. Logbooks suggest it was damaged and rebuilt a number of times, and after a substantial crash in May 1955 parts including the fuselage, centre sections, tail surfaces and flaps from another Magister were used to restore it to airworthiness.
Ron Paine flew the aircraft to victory in the Magister Race at Thruxton on 21 August 1949. It gained third place in the 1958 King’s Cup air race, with a speed of 128mph. It left RAF Wattisham on 1 May 1962 and was stored in a wingless, semi-derelict state at Hadleigh before being sold in 1969 for £80.
An uncompleted restoration was begun on it by the East Anglian Aviation Society in 1970, with the project passing to Adrian Brook in 1989 for completion at Shoreham, where he made the first post-restoration flight on 21 July 1990.
After several years of inactivity the aircraft was bought by Peter Holloway in 2001. The aircraft went to Old Warden the same year and work carried out on it has included restoring the correct identity of its 1938 fuselage. It is now owned by David Bramwell, who is a pilot for The Shuttleworth Collection.
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The Shuttleworth Collection's Miles M14A Magister, P6382, G-AJRS and David Bramwell's Miles M14A Magister, N3788, G-AKPF, give a paired display at Duxford during the Duxford Flying Finale 2023.
The Shuttleworth Collection’s Magister was built in 1939 and entered service with the RAF as P6382. When it was acquired in 1971 it bore the civil registration G-AJDR.
The logbook revealed an earlier change of fuselage (to which another aeroplane’s identity is attached) to that of P6382, which had never borne a civil registration, so it has was then registered G-AJRS.
It was restored to flying condition by Shuttleworth apprentices using components from three other Magisters and is one of only four airworthy examples in the world.
N3788 (G-AKPF) - For some years this Magister wore the RAF serial V1075. Its service career ended on 9 November 1942, when it was stored at No.51 MU, Lichfield and finally sold on 4 December 1947 for £50.
Registered G-AKPF and ‘civilianised’ by Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd, the aircraft was granted its original Certificate of Airworthiness on 23 April 1948. It had a mixed career as a flying school aircraft, mostly with Air Schools Ltd of Wolverhampton. Logbooks suggest it was damaged and rebuilt a number of times, and after a substantial crash in May 1955 parts including the fuselage, centre sections, tail surfaces and flaps from another Magister were used to restore it to airworthiness.
Ron Paine flew the aircraft to victory in the Magister Race at Thruxton on 21 August 1949. It gained third place in the 1958 King’s Cup air race, with a speed of 128mph. It left RAF Wattisham on 1 May 1962 and was stored in a wingless, semi-derelict state at Hadleigh before being sold in 1969 for £80.
An uncompleted restoration was begun on it by the East Anglian Aviation Society in 1970, with the project passing to Adrian Brook in 1989 for completion at Shoreham, where he made the first post-restoration flight on 21 July 1990.
After several years of inactivity the aircraft was bought by Peter Holloway in 2001. The aircraft went to Old Warden the same year and work carried out on it has included restoring the correct identity of its 1938 fuselage. It is now owned by David Bramwell, who is a pilot for The Shuttleworth Collection.
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