1912 Blackburn Monoplane wings refit - the world's oldest airworthy British aircraft

Watch The Shuttleworth Collection's engineers refit the wings to the 1912 Blackburn Monoplane - the oldest airworthy British aircraft in the world!
The Blackburn first came into the workshop in March 2023 to have a cracked fuel union replaced.
Once in the workshop, the engineers discovered that additional work was needed and worked hard to replace a cracked fuel union, recover the wings and elevators, and replace a wing warping cable.
Remedial repair work was also carried out on the wing structures, including replacing one of the trailing edges and repairing the root end ribs.
You can see Blackburn Monoplane here at Shuttleworth.
To plan your visit: www.shuttleworth.org/visit/

[@karenhoskins5868]

Thank you Shuttleworth! So lovely to see! 🤩

[@kholden2678]

A bit of family trivia for you that came out of my genealogy research connecting the Hoskins family to the Shuttleworth Collection. My 2nd great grandparents Henry Ribton Hoskins and Mary Seaman Dawson who were married in 1843 provide me with two connections to Richard Shuttleworth who founded the museum. I descend from Sir Thomas Hoskins of Oxted Surrey whose family descendents include a line connecting to the Gascoigne family of Gawthorpe Hall and a more distant cousin connection to the Shuttleworth family. Mary Seaman Dawson had a brother Richard Pudsey Dawson who married Louisa Elizabeth Shuttleworth who shares the close common ancestor of Col Richar Shuttleworth 1587-1669 with Richard Shuttleworth who founded the Shuttleworth Collection. I may find further connections between my Holden ancestors and Mary Holden of Aston Hall who married James Holden 1714-1773 and are also ancestors of Richard Shuttleworth.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Fantastic!

[@guidor.4161]

Finally a Blackburn that looks good...