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 |location      = Old Warden, Bedfordshire
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The '''Shuttleworth Collection''' is an aeronautical and automotive museum located at the Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, [[England]]. It is one of the most prestigious in the world due to the variety of very early preserved aircraft.

== History ==
The collection was founded in 1928 by aviator Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth. While flying a Fairey Battle (aircraft) at night on 2 August 1940, Shuttleworth fatally crashed. His mother, in 1944, formed the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust "for the teaching of the science and practice of aviation and of afforestation and agriculture."<ref>Ogilvy 1989, Ch.1.</ref> Richard Shuttleworth was a menber of the Shuttleworth family, owners of the agricultural engineering firm of [[Clayton and Shuttleworth]] Company.

== Collection ==
[[File:SpitfireAR501.JPG|thumb|right|Spitfire Vc, AR501, during extensive renovation by the SVAS in September 2008.]] 
Restoration and maintenance work is carried out by a staff of eight full-time and many volunteer engineers. These volunteers are all members of the 3,000-strong Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS).<ref>[http://www.svasweb.org Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (SVAS)] Retrieved: 7 February 2009</ref> These dedicated enthusiasts are crucial to the preservation and restoration of the collection.

In addition to the aircraft, the collection houses a number of vintage and veteran cars, motorcycles, tractors and steam engines. Events include model-flying days, and once a year, there is a special flying day for schools in the area. The Old Warden Park is home to the annual steam rally organised by the [[Bedford Steam Preservation Society]], known as the [[Old Warden Steam Rally]]

The Shuttleworth Collection puts an emphasis on restoring as many aircraft as possible to flying condition, inline with the founder's original intention.<ref>Ogilvy 1989, Introduction.</ref> There are typically about twelve air shows per year, including evening displays, which offer the opportunity to see aircraft which in many cases are the last of their type to survive, let alone existing in flyable condition.

== The Edwardian Flying machines ==
Some of the most notable aircraft in the collection are the five Edwardian aeroplanes, of which one is the oldest British aeroplane still in flying condition. What makes these exceptional is that they still fly (weather permitting). The oldest, with British civil registration G-AANG, is the Bleriot XI (still with original engine), which dates back to 1909 - six years after the Wright brothers' aircraft and it is the world's oldest airworthy aeroplane, with the next oldest being, at only three weeks newer by date of manufacture, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's in the United States, restored original Bleriot XI (Bleriot factory serial number 56, with civil registration N60094).

== Aircraft in the collection ==
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''List from:'' Ellis - Wrecks and Relics, 2004.<ref>Ellis 2004, pp.12-14.</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type
!Date
!Identity
!Notes
|-
|[[ANEC II]]
|1924
|G-EBJO
|
|-
|[[Avro 504K]]
|1918
|G-ADEV
|Painted as ''H5199''
|-
|[[Roe IV Triplane]]
|1964
|G-ARSG
|Replica
|-
|[[Avro Tutor]]
|1933
|G-AHSA
|Painted as RAF ''K3241''
|-
|[[Avro Anson|Avro Nineteen (Anson)]]
|1946
|G-AHKX
|Owned by BAE Systems
|-
|[[Blackburn Type D]]
|1912
|G-AANI
|Oldest airworthy British aeroplane
|-
|[[Bleriot XI]]
|1909
|G-AANG
|Oldest airworthy aircraft
|-
|[[Bristol Boxkite]]
|1964
|G-ASPP
|Replica
|-
|[[Bristol F.2 Fighter|Bristol F.2b Fighter]]
|1918
|G-AEPH
|Painted as RAF ''D8096''
|-
|[[Bristol M.1C]]
|1981
|G-BWJM
|Replica painted as RFC ''C4918''
|-
|[[Bucker Bu 131|CASA 1.131E Jungmann]]
|1967
|G-RETA
|Painted as ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' ''GD+EG''
|-
|[[Comper Swift]]
|1932
|G-ACTF
|
|-
|[[de Havilland DH.51]]
|1924
|G-EBIR
|''Miss Kenya''
|-
|[[de Havilland Humming Bird|de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird]]
|1923
|G-EBHX
|
|-
|[[de Havilland DH.60|de Havilland DH.60 Cirrus Moth]]
|1925
|G-EBLV
|Owned by BAE Systems
|-
|[[de Havilland DH.60|de Havilland DH.60X Hermes Moth]]
|1928
|G-EBWD
|
|-
|[[De Havilland Tiger Moth|de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II]]
|1942
|G-ANKT
|Painted as RAF ''K2585''
|-
|[[De Havilland DH.88|de Havilland DH.88 Comet]]
|1934
|G-ACSS
|''Grosvenor House''
|-
|[[De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk|De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22]]
|1952
|G-BNZC
|Painted as RCAF ''671''
|-
|[[Deperdussin Monoplane]]
|1910
|G-AANH
|
|-
|[[Desoutter Mk.II|Desoutter I]]
|1930
|G-AAPZ
|
|-
|[[English Electric Wren]]
|1923
|G-EBNV
|
|-
|[[Gloster Gladiator]]
|1937
|G-AMRK
|Painted as RAF ''K7985''
|-
|[[Granger Archaeopteryx]]
|1932
|G-ABXL
|Under restoration off site
|-
|[[Hawker Hind]]
|1935
|G-AENP
|Painted as RAF ''K5414''
|-
|[[Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Sea Hurricane IB]]
|1939
|G-BKTH
|Painted as RN ''Z7015''
|-
|[[Hawker Tomtit]]
|1931
|G-AFTA
|Painted as RAF ''K1786''
|-
|[[Messerschmitt Me 163]]
|
|''191454''
|Fuselage mockup with original engine
|-
|[[Mignet Pou-du-Ciel|Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea]]
|1939
|G-AEBB
|
|-
|[[Miles Magister]]
|1939
|G-AJRS
|Painted as RAF ''P6382''
|-
|[[Parnall Elf]]
|1932
|G-AAIN
|
|-
|[[Percival Prentice|Percival Prentice T1]]
|1949
|G-AOKL
|
|-
|[[Percival Provost|Percival Provost T1]]
|1955
|G-KAPW
|Painted as RAF ''XF603''
|-
|[[Polikarpov Po-2]]
|
|G-BSSY
|-
|[[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5|RAF SE.5A]]
|1918
|G-EBIA
|Painted as RFC ''F904''
|-
|[[Slingsby T38 Grasshopper|Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1]]
|
|XA241
|Display only
|-
|[[Sopwith Camel]]
|2001
|G-BZSC
|Replica (under construction off site)
|-
|[[Sopwith Pup]]
|1920
|G-EBKY
|Painted as RFC ''9917''
|-
|[[Sopwith Triplane]]
|1980
|G-BOCK
|Replica painted as RNAS ''N6290''
|-
|[[Southern Martlet]]
|1930
|G-AAYX
|
|-
|[[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire LF.VC]]
|1942
|G-AWII
|Painted as RAF ''AR501''
|-
|[[Westland Lysander|Westland Lysander IIIA]]
|1942
|G-AZWT
|Painted as RAF ''V9367 ''
|}

Also resident but privately owned:
*[[Druine Turbi]]
*[[Fauvel AV.36]] glider
*[[Luscombe 8|Luscombe Silvaire]]
*[[Miles Falcon]]
*[[Miles Magister]] I
*[[Ryan PT-22]]
*[[Westland Wallace]] replica fuselage
*[[Dragon rapide|De Havilland DH89A Rapide]] G-AGSH painted as British European Airways

=== Steam engines in the collection ===
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{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type
!Date
!Identity
!Notes
|-
|[[Clayton & Shuttleworth]]
|1914
|46817
|YA2095.  'Dorothy'
|-
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=== Tractors in the Collection ===
* Details required

=== Vehicles in the collection ===
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* 1898  [[Panhard|Panhard et Levassor]]
* 1899  [[Mors]] Petit Duc
* 1899  [[Karl Benz|Benz]] International dogcart
* 1900  Marot Gardan
* 1901  [[Locomobile]] Steam Car
* 1901  [[Arrol-Johnston]]
* 1902  Baby [[Peugeot]]
* 1903  [[Richard-Brasier]]
* 1903  De Dietrich
* 1912  [[Crossley Motors|Crossley]] 15
* 1912  [[Wolseley Motor Company|Wolseley]] MS
* 1913  [[Morris Motor Company|Morris]] Oxford
* 1920  [[Hucks starter]]
* 1926  [[Jowett]] Short-chassis tourer
* 1931  [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] 16&nbsp;hp "Burnham"
* 1935  [[Austin Seven]]
* 1937  [[Railton (car)|Railton]]
* 1937  [[Fiat]] Topolino
* 1937  [[MG Cars|MG]] TA
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;Motorcycles
* 1939  [[Hillman]] Minx RAF Staff Car
* 1943  [[Fordson]] WOT 2H
[[Image:Hucks.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Hucks starter]] of 1920.]]
* 1900  [[Singer (car)|Singer]] Motor Wheel Motorcycle
* 1904  Aurora  Motorcycle
* 1921  [[The Scott Motorcycle Company|Scott]] Squirrel Combi
* 1923  [[Triumph Engineering Co Ltd|Triumph]] SD  Motorcycle
* 1927  [[Raleigh Bicycle Company|Raleigh]] 14 Motorcycle
* 1929  [[Ariel (vehicle)|Ariel]] Motorcycle
* 1938  [[Rudge-Whitworth|Rudge Motorcycle]]
* 1940  [[BSA M20]] Motorcycle
* 1950  Philips Cyclemaster
* 1952  Brockhouse Corgi Scooter
* 1955  [[BSA A7]] Motorcycle
* 1955  [[New Hudson Motorcycles|New Hudson]] Motorcycle
* 1960  [[Norton ES2]] Motorcycle
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==See also==
*[[Museums List]]
*[[Wikipedia:Shuttleworth College (Bedfordshire)]]
* [[Bedford Steam Preservation Society]]
** [[Old Warden Steam Rally]] - Organised by the BSPS
* [[Shows and Events]]

==References / sources==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
* Ellis, Ken. ''Wrecks and Relics - 19th Edition'', Midland Publishing, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2004. ISBN 1 85780 183 0
* Guttery, T.E. ''The Shuttleworth Collection''. London: Wm. Carling & Co, 1969. SBN 901319-01-5
* Ogilvy, David. ''Shuttleworth - The Historic Aeroplanes''. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1989 ISBN 1-85310-106-0
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Shuttleworth Collection}}

*[http://www.shuttleworth.org Official site]

*[http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1 GINFO Registration Search]

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