AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1973

Aircraft hub · 1973 · Cold War

Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf

The smallest twin ever flown — both engines fit in a handbag — heading a shelf of garage-built optimism. The gazetteer currently lists it at 13 UK museums.

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plans & kits
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Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf in the UK

The gazetteer records 26 Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 13 UK collections, in 8 regions: South West England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Northern England, East of England, South East England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Bournemouth Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Christchurch South West England Chichester-Miles Leopard G-BKRL
Colomban MC-12 Cri-Cri N120JN
City of Norwich Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Norwich East of England Evans VP-2 G-BTAZ
Hooton Park HangarsChecked 2026-10-08 Ellesmere Port Northern England Parker CA.4 Parasol (Luton Minor) G-AFIU
Midland Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Coventry Midlands & Lincolnshire CMC Leopard G-BRNM
Druine D.31 Turbulent BAPC.126
National Museum Of FlightChecked 2026-10-08 North Berwick Scotland Druine Turbulent G-AVPC
Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Newark Midlands & Lincolnshire Clutton FRED Series 2 G-BJAD
Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike G-BKPG
Taylor Monoplane G-APRT
Ward Gnome BAPC 330
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Bungay East of England Luton LA-5A Major (incomplete) G-APUG
Maupin Woodstock glider
North East Land, Sea and Air MuseumsChecked 2026-10-08 Sunderland Northern England Luton LA.2 Minor G-AFUG
RAF Manston History MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Ramsgate South East England Pitts Model 12 SE-XZS
South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Barry Wales Clutton FRED G-BMMF
Evans VP-1 G-BCTT
Evans VP-2 G-BVPM
Jurca Sirocco half-fuselage G-CLAX
South Yorkshire Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Doncaster Northern England Stolp Starduster Too cockpit section G-BNNA Cockpit or section
Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh)Checked 2026-10-08 Lisburn Northern Ireland Aerosport Scamp (unflown)
Clutton-Tabenor FRED Series 2 G-BNZR
Evans VP-2 G-BEHX
HAPI SF-2A Cygnet (unassembled kit)
Monnett Monerai glider BGA.2988
Pitts S-1A Special wreckage N80BA Wreckage
Yorkshire Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 York Northern England —

3D model

The Evans VP-2 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-BTAZ, the City of Norwich Aviation Museum’s Evans VP-2, a two-seat side-by-side wooden homebuilt from W. S. “Bud” Evans’s plans, built in Britain under the Popular Flying Association’s number PFA 063-11474 and dating from 1990, and displayed at Horsham St Faith since at least 2006: the two-seat development of the Volksplane, a slab-sided plywood box with a strut-braced, fabric-covered low wing, an all-moving fin and stabilator and an air-cooled Volkswagen flat-four with its cylinder heads standing out of the cowling sides, painted as photographed: white overall with a red nose and decking, a red hump behind the perspex canopy, red leading edges wrapping back over the front of the wings and stabilator, a red front third on the fin, red stabilator tip pods, white wing-tip pods and a red “G-BTAZ” on both sides of the fuselage; it is the Evans VP-2, held by three of the gazetteer’s museums, that stands for the homebuilt shelf. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (499 KB) · Plate 202 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor, de Havilland Vampire, Europa & the kit-plane age, English Electric Lightning.

Where the type is thickest

Northern England has 4 collections recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Druine D.31 Turbulent; Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike; Luton LA.2 Minor; Parker CA.4 Parasol (Luton Minor).

Type notes

The Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf in brief

TypeColomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf (+ Leopard, Europa et al.)
UK museums holding one13
Airframes recorded in this survey26

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 26 Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf airframes?

Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh) has the most in this survey, with 6 recorded airframes.