We’re pleased to add a further five aircraft to the line up from the Aero Legends stable! An eclectic mix of pre and post war bi-plane aircraft.

In todays announcement we go back to the days of bi-planes and the wind in your hair! Bi-planes played a significant part in the ‘Golden’ age of aviation, developing pilot training schemes and paving the way for aviation.

Aero Legends are pleased to announce the following aircraft to our flying list:
Boeing Stearman
G-CIPE
The Stearman is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. It served as a primary trainer for the United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS and N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II.

Tiger Moth
G-PWBE
N1739D
The Tiger Moth was a very important aircraft before, during and after WWII. The first step for British and Commonwealth pilots who qualified for pilot training was a posting to an Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS). An eight-week course involved all aspects of basic flight and navigation and about fifty hours of flying in a single engine “primary” training aircraft such as the de Havilland Tiger Moth. The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth was the principal type used in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan where thousands of military pilots got their first taste of flight. The RAF found the Tiger Moth’s handling ideal for training future fighter pilots. A robust aircraft, it is generally docile and forgiving in normal flight. The Tiger Moth responds well to control inputs, and is reasonably easy to fly for a tail-dragger. Its large “parachute” wings are very forgiving, and it stalls at a speed as slow as 25 knots with power.

Jackaroo
G-AOIR
The Thruxton Jackaroo is a conversion of the Tiger Moth which Sqn Ldr J. E. Doran-Webb, designed as a high wing aircraft for touring aircraft. which were plentiful at that time. This became the D.H.82A (Mod) Jackaroo. The Aero Legends Jackaroo is one of only three airworthy Jackaroo’s remaining in the World.

Stampe
G-BPLM
Jean Stampe flew with the Belgian Flying Crops during WWI and met Maurice Vertongen resulting in them setting up the Stampe et Vertongen Aircraft Company in Antwerp Belgium in 1923, to specialise in the design and construction of light training and touring aircraft. The SV4 biplane, which was Stampe et Vertongen’s most successful light tourer/trainer aircraft, was initially powered by a de Havilland Gipsy III engine with the final pre WWII version being the SV4B. The post WWII Stampe SV4, designated the SV4C and powered by a 140hp (104kw) Renault 4-Pei engine was license built by SNCAN in France and Atelier Industrial de L’Aeronautique d’Alger in Algeria.

‘LM is a French Algerian aircraft built in 1948 and fitted with a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine. It has been displayed extensively at airshows throughout the UK and Europe.