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Blake (circa 1930)
William Henry C. Blake (b. 1907 in Kings Worthy,
Hampshire) and his younger brother Richard Charles Blake (b. 1908 in Kings Worthy, Hampshire, d. 19 Aug
1942, New Forest, Hampshire) built and flew the Blue Tit in 1930. The fuselage was built from a pair of Spartan's, G-AAGN
and G-AAJB, wings coming from the top section of an Avro 504. Power was provided by a 35h.p. ABC Gnat.
The Blue
Tit first flew on 19 October 1930 from Woodhams Farm, Kings Worthy. After being blown onto its back in later the same year,
it was stored, dismantled, in a barn at Woodhams Farm until 1968, when it was acquired by the Shuttleworth Trust, with whom
it was registered G-BXIY and given a more reliable Bristol Cherub I powerplant. Shuttleworth disposed of it in 2000 and it
is currently in private ownership.
Project Data 
Project
No | Type No | Name | Alternative Name(s) | Year | Spec | Status | Qty | Description | References | | | | Blue Tit | | 1930 | | Proto | 1 | 1S, 1E light aircraft | 1 |
Project References - British Light
Aeroplanes, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume (GMS Enterprises, 2000)
- Air Pictorial Dec 1958
- Aeroplane Monthly Oct 1978
One aircraft only, c/n. 01, registered in 1977 as
G-BXIY
Total Blake Production 1
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