Saturday, September 30, 2000

Bristol M1C replica G-BWJM/C4918 flies

The Shuttleworth Collections replica Bristol M.1C took to the air for the first time on 29th September 2000, at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. The aircraft carries the serial 'C4918', and is in 72 Squadron RAF colours. It is registered G-BWJM, and was built by Northern Aeroplane Workshops. 125 production M.1C's were built at Filton towards the end of World War I.