Blez in 1926 Avro at Wroughton (1988)

This is Paul Blezard sat in Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe's Avro Monocar at the Science Museum's annexe at Wroughton aerodrome in Wiltshire during the filming of the BBC TV Top Gear 'FF special' in April 1988. This machine can now be seen in the Aviation museum in Southampton alongside the much later and last of the monocars made 30 years later. I recorded a piece to camera while sitting in this very low and light and pioneering FF . Sadly, it didn't run, but the superbly designed single sided suspension felt very bouncy. As I said in the programme, 'Sir Alliott regularly used to ride it from Southampton to Manchester and back, wearing just normal outdoor clothing'. PNB
Photo by Ludmila Stiebner

Blez in 1926 Avro at Wroughton (1988)