The Fighter Collections Gloster Gladiator is N5903, now on the civil register as G-GLAD. The aircraft was originally owned by the Shuttleworth Collection and for many years was on loan to the F.A.A. Museum at RNAS Yeovilton. Purchased in 1994 restoration began. Other priorities within the Collection meant initial progress was slow. As of 1st August 2005 more resources have been concentrated on the aircraft so that it can grace the skies over Duxford in the not to distant future.

Douglas Rose has been able to compile a detailed history for the aircraft now in pieces in the TFC hangar - and we are pleased to be able to include it on these pages.