Robinson Redwing

The Robinson Redwing was a British two-seat single-engined biplane light aircraft built in the UK in 1930.

The wide track undercarriage was of split axle type, with main legs sloping forward from the wheels to the upper fuselage longerons and with a pair of bracing struts rearwards to the keel.

[1] The first of these was delivered in May 1933 but failed to get a Certificate of Airworthiness until refitted with full area wings in 1934; the second was returned to Redwing II standard before its sale.

One of the principal problems encountered in club use was a tendency for the main undercarriage leg to break at the junction with the upper longeron.

[1] The Redwing that travelled furthest was the ex-Mk III, G-ABRL which left Croydon, flown by Mrs Keith Miller, set for Cape Town.

From sometime around the start of World War II it was mostly in store, with only a brief outing in 1951;[1] it was flying in the 1980s and was used in the children's Serial 'Brendon Chase' Episode 3.

It was visible on the ground at Croydon airport in the Agatha Christie film Death in the Clouds, first aired in January 1992.

After being owned by a consortium of owners during the 2000s it was recently purchased by the grandson of the original NZ importer, who is currently having it restored at Durley, near Southampton.