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The Tilbury Flash is a single-seat
American racing
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific go ...
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.''
The Flash was on display at the
McLean County Museum of History
The McLean County Museum of History is an AAM accreditedList of Accredited Museums institution located in Bloomington, Illinois. It is the principal asset of the McLean County Historical Society, an Illinois nonprofit organization, which was fou ...
in Bloomington, Illinois, but has since been removed to make room for the Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center. The Flash is currently on display in the Central Illinois Regional Airport.
[http://www.cira.com/Tilbury%20Flash%20News%20Release%202015%20(2).pdf ]
Specifications
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1930s United States sport aircraft
Racing aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1932