Tilbury Flash Explained

The Tilbury Flash is a single-seat American racing monoplane designed and built in the 1930s by Owen Tilbury and Cecil Fundy. The aircraft was built in 1932 and was entered in the US National Air Races. At Cleveland, at the time it was described as probably the smallest racing aeroplane in the world. [1]

The Flash was on display at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington, Illinois,[2] but has since been removed[3] to make room for the Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center. The Flash is currently on display in the Central Illinois Regional Airport.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Air-Britain Digest. News Flash. 1973. Air-Britain. 30. 25. 1.
  2. http://www.illinoisadventuretv.org/index.asp?page=st&site=1179 McLean County Museum of History - The Tilbury Flash
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlGNXQvpQPQ McLean County Museum of History YouTube Channel- Video: Moving the Flash"
  4. Web site: Historic racing plane now hanging at Central Illinois Regional Airport . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100135/http://www.cira.com/Tilbury%20Flash%20News%20Release%202015%20(2).pdf . 2016-03-04.

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