Night Shoot
Spanhoe Airfield
October 18, 2025
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| Spanhoe is a very private airfield where a host of very interesting veteran aircraft reside and in some cases restored. This event was organised by Threshold, thanks must go to the airfield and aircraft owners who generously presented their aircraft around the small airfield for the attending photographers. |
| Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon (French Navy/Aeronavale 143 registered G-MSAL). Designed as a basic trainer for the French military, the prototype MS.730 first flew on 11 August 1949. The production version, designated MS.733, included five pre-production aircraft and 200 production models, delivered to the French Navy (40), French Air Force (145), and Cambodian Air Force (15). Several civilian flying schools, including Air France (5), also used the Alcyon as a single-engine trainer. |
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Left to right: Great Lakes 2T-1A-1 Sport Trainer (G-BUPV c/n 126 previously N865K). Built in 1932, it was imported from the United States in 1989 and subsequently restored by Robert Fray, with the restoration completed in 1998.
The Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, developed a small two-seat biplane designed for training and aerobatics, with the first prototype taking flight in March 1929. The aircraft quickly proved successful, with 262 units built before production ceased in 1933 due to the company's closure during the Great Depression. Despite this, the biplane's enduring popularity led to its reintroduction in the 1970s and again in 2011 by WACO Classic Aircraft. |
| Left to right: Beech 18 Expeditor 3N (RCAF 1500, later CF-DTN marked as 'JRB-3 43-35943' registered G-BKRN) built in 1951. |
| Left to right: Cassutt Racer 3M (G-RUNT) racer. The original Cassutt Special, the predecessor to the 3M, was developed in 1951 and raced for the first time in Dansville, New York in 1954. This is a more modern homebuilt construction registered in 1983. |
| Left to right: Globe GC-1B Swift (G-BFNM). A two-seat, all-metal monoplane designed in the 1940s. Two prototypes of the Globe Swift were built, followed by about 408 GC-1As. In 1947, the upgraded 125 hp GC-1B was produced, with 833 built in six months; overproduction led Globe into insolvency, and TEMCO acquired the type certificate, producing 260 more aircraft before ending production in 1951. Later, Univair and then the Swift Museum Foundation managed the certificate and spare parts, with production continuing until 1979. |
| Left to right: Fokker S-11 Instructor (Kon.Marine 174 'K' registered G-BEPV). |
| Left to right: Erco 415D Ercoupe (N2844H) from 1946. The ERCO Ercoupe is an American low-wing monoplane that first flew in 1937. Originally built by the Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) just before World War II, production continued after the war under several other manufacturers. The final model, the Mooney M-10, first flew in 1968, with production ending in 1970. |
Left to right: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk (G-ANWB).
de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 (WZ872 'E' registered G-BZGB) built in 1952 for the Royal Air Force. |
| Left to right: Auster J/5F Aiglet Trainer (G-AMTA). |
| Left to right: Auster AOP.9 (XP241 registered G-CEHR). |
| Left to right: Piper PA-18-95 (L-18) Super Cub (G-BMEA ex 53-4804 and OL-L07). |
Left to right: Beagle D.5/180 Husky T.1 (XW635).
Beagle A-109 Airedale (G-ARNP). |
Left to right: Auster AOP.9 (WZ706 registered G-BURR) was built at Rearsby, Leicestershire during May/June 1955.
Auster J-5L Aiglet Trainer (G-APVG).
Rollason Druine D62B Condor (G-AWFN) built in 1968.
Piper PA-22-160 Pacer (G-APXU). |
