Types you’ll see alongside
Slingsby glider family, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Avro 504, Avro Anson.
Aircraft hub · 1933
Build-it-in-the-shed craze of 1935; banned after it killed its builders. British museums keep them like cautionary tales. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-07-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
The gazetteer records 4 Mignet HM.14 ‘Flying Flea’ airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 4 regions: East of England, South East England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Northern England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Air Museum | Coventry | Midlands & Lincolnshire | Mignet HM.14 "Flying Flea" |
| Newark Air Museum | Newark | Midlands & Lincolnshire | Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea [ nb 1 ] Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (cockpit section) [ nb 2 ] |
| Solent Sky | Southampton | South East England | — |
| The Shuttleworth Collection | Biggleswade | East of England | Mignet HM.14 'Flying Flea' G-AEBB |
| Yorkshire Air Museum | York | Northern England | — |
Slingsby glider family, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Avro 504, Avro Anson.
Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.
Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea (cockpit section) [ nb 2 ]; Mignet HM.14 Flying Flea [ nb 1 ].
| Type | Mignet HM.14 ‘Flying Flea’ |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 5 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 4 |
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 all 118 museums is indexed in the Compendium.
The Aviation Gazetteer records 4 Mignet HM.14 ‘Flying Flea’ airframes in UK collections.
Newark Air Museum has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.