Types you’ll see alongside
English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor, de Havilland Vampire, Europa & the kit-plane age, English Electric Lightning.
Aircraft hub · 1973 · Cold War
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.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
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.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes 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
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
English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor, de Havilland Vampire, Europa & the kit-plane age, English Electric Lightning.
Northern England has 4 collections recording the type.
Druine D.31 Turbulent; Luscombe P3 Rattler Strike; Luton LA.2 Minor; Parker CA.4 Parasol (Luton Minor).
Type notes
| Type | Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf (+ Leopard, Europa et al.) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 13 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 26 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 26 Colomban Cri-Cri & the homebuilt shelf airframes in UK collections.
Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh) has the most in this survey, with 6 recorded airframes.