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[mpilkington]

Hello my name is Mark Pilkington, an enthusiast, amateur historian and amateur restorer from Melbourne Australia.

I have a strong interest in British pre-war civil aviation and have been compiling a survey of the surviving ADC (and later versions) of the Cirrus upright air cooled 4 cylinder engine which played such a pivotal role in launching the de Havilland DH60 Moth and subsequent "Moth types" and private civilian recreational flying in the late 1920's and into the 1930's and itself caused the launch of the de Havilland Gipsy series of aircooled inline engines that are still in common use today.

I did use the AEHS Engine Locator on this site to help in compiling this list, along with the British Aircraft Preservation Council (BAPC) list of preserved UK Engines, along with my own research in Australia and then I have been publishing revisions on the Key Aero (Flypast) "Historic" Forums gaining further assistance from forum members there.

I will now also cross copy further amendments from here and there to syncronise further revisions.

I own two of the ADC Cirrus Mk I engines listed below, a fellow AEHS member in Canada owns the third, but in many cases I am not naming private collectors in this list, just the public collections and museums.

[mpilkington]

Revision 9

Part 1 - It seems that the following ADC Cirrus Engines survive in the UK.

ADC Cirrus (I)
- none

ADC Cirrus II
- c/n 276c - (ie 'C' Canadian built? - is this an American built ACE Cirrus III?) - in Avro Avian G-EBZM (Static) -The Aeroplane Collection - Hooton Park, Cheshire
- c/n D1-2 - Science Museum London
- c/n? Vintage Racing Special #44 (car built on a Buick chassis by Frank Cuttell from Mittagong NSW - exported to UK)
- c/n 408? - 1928 G-Type Amilcar (car built by Ian Bingham in UK, ADC Cirrus based on Crankcase/Crankshaft from Hughes Trading Victoria - swapped for sectionised ADC Cirrus I)
- c/n 892 - missing name plate (fitted with ADC Cirrus III Heads is this a Cirrus II "mod 3?"- or is it a Cirrus III?) - The Aeroplane Collection - Hooton Park
(It is recorded apparently as a Cirrus 2, C/N 892, donated via the Shuttleworth Collection in April 1965)
c/n? Cirrus II for Westland Widgeon restoration - Aero Antiques / MK Aviation

ADC Cirrus III
- c/n 80 DH60 Moth G-EBLV (flying) - Shuttleworth
- c/n ? Static restoration- private owner ?CirrusADC/Ralph? KP Forum 2017
-c/n ? Aero antiques / MK Aviation

Cirrus Hermes (I)
- none

Cirrus Hermes II
- c/n F86 - Aeroventure (ex BA Swallow)
- c/n ? - Avro Triplane replica (flying) - Shuttleworth
- c/n ? - DH60X Cirrus Moth G-EBWD (flying) - Shuttleworth
- c/n 241 - Parnell Elf G-AIIN (flying) - Shuttleworth
- c/n? - Desoutter I G-AAPZ (flying) - Shuttleworth
- c/n? - Spartan Arrow G-ABWP (flying)- Redhill
- c/n? for Avro Avian restoration - Aero Antiques / MK Aviation
- c/n? Spare for Avian - Aero Antiques / MK Aviation

Cirrus Hermes IIB (Inverted)
- none

Cirrus Hermes IVa (Inverted)
- none

Blackburn Cirrus Minor (Inverted)
- c/n? - Yorkshire Aviation Museum - Elvington

Blackburn Cirrus Major (Inverted)
- c/n? - Midland Aviation Museum - Coventry

UNK Marks



Part 2 - It seems that the following ADC Cirrus Engines survive outside of the UK.

ADC Cirrus (I)
- c/n 10 (oldest surviving Cirrus Engine) running - private owner ? CANADA
- c/n 21 DH 60 Moth G-AUAE Static ? private owner ? AUST
- c/n 47 ? Sectionised Static (swapped from UK for Cirrus II c/n 408) ? private owner ? AUST

ADC Cirrus II
- c/n ? Cirrus II Avro Avian 581E G-EBOV ? Queensland Museum - AUST
- c/n ? Cirrus II - Camden Museum of Aviation - AUST
- c/n mk II 273 - Cirrus II ? Moorabbin Air Museum ? Victoria ? AUST
- c/n mk II 283 - Cirrus II ? Powerhouse Museum - AUST
- c/n mk II 390 - Cirrus II Formerly New England Air Museum - private owner -AUST
- c/n mk II 577 mod 3 - Cirrus II with Cirrus III heads - Formerly Hunter Relics Antiques ? private owner ? AUST
- c/n mk II 593 - Cirrus II ? DH60X Cirrus Moth VH-UAU ? Powerhouse Museum ? AUST
- c/n ? Westland Widgeon III ? VH-UGI (flying) ? private owner ? AUST
- c/n? Westland Widgeon III VH-UHU (airworthy restoration) ? private owner AUST
- c/n? Westland Widgeon III G-AUKA (wreck) ? Central Australia Aviation Museum AUST
- c/n? Cirrus II ? for Avro Avian restoration ? private owner AUST
- c/n? Cirrus II DH60X Cirrus Moth G-CAUA ? Canada Aviation Museum - CANADA
- c/n? Cirrus II DH60X Seaplane OH-EJA Aviation Museum of Central Finland - FINLAND
- c/n mk II 448 - Cirrus II ? MOTAT ? Auckland ? NEW ZEALAND

ADC Cirrus III
- c/n? Cirrus III ? for Avian restoration ? private owner - AUST
- c/n? Cirrus III - DH60X Cirrus Moth C-CYYG (airworthy) Alberta Av Museum - CANADA
- c/n? Cirrus III - KZ IX Ellehammer replica in the Danmarks Flymuseum - DENMARK
- c/n? Cirrus III ? Aviation Museum of Central Finland - FINLAND
- c/n? Cirrus III - Dornier Do12 Libelle VQ-FAB at the Deutsches Museum, Munich - GERMANY
- c/n? Cirrus III ? Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum ? Kalamazoo ? USA
- c/n? Cirrus III ? Power of the Past Museum ? Georgia - USA
- c/n? Cirrus III - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (seemingly recorded erroneously on their website as a 90HP "Cirrus Minor" - it has mk III heads, and apparent ADC Cirrus embossing on the crankcase?)- New York - USA

Cirrus Hermes (I)
- c/n? Cirrus Hermes I ? DH60X Hermes Moth VH-SSC private owner - AUST
- c/n? Cirrus Hermes I ? Formerly Walter Kurl Collection ? private owner - AUST
- c/n? Cirrus Hermes I ? Aviation Museum of Central Finland - FINLAND

Cirrus Hermes II
- none

Cirrus Hermes IVa (Inverted)
- c/n? location unknown - Hermes IV from Blackburn B2 G-ADFV (The Aeroplane Collection)
"was sold to a collector around 15 years ago. He sold it on to a collector in Spain"

ACE Cirrus III (American Cirrus Engine Company)
- c/n 23 ACE Cirrus III ? Wings of History Museum ? California ? USA
- c/n? - ACE Cirrus III ? Air Venture Museum ? Oshkosh - USA
- c/n? - ACE Cirrus III (Sectionised) ? Antique Assn / Airpower Museum ? Iowa - USA
- c/n? - ACE Cirrus III - Eagle's Mere Air Museum - PA - USA

ACE Cirrus (III) High Drive (Inverted)
- c/n 2062 ACE Cirrus High Drive ? (flying) Rearwin Speeder 6000 NC15865 - Sonoma Skypark California - USA


UNK Marks
- Curtiss-Reid Rambler II replica (fitted with original "Cirrus" engine) at the Montreal Aviation Museum - CANADA

Any more?
Any info to fill in the blanks on those listed above?