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Lavochkin La-9/828
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Serial #: 828 Construction #: - Civil Registration: G-BWUD Model: La-9 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to Soviet AF as 828, 19??. Delivered to Chinese AF as ???, 1950. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, 1960s-1996. - Displayed. Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford, UK, 1996-2003. - Registered as G-BWUD. - Shipped to New Zealand, 2001. - Restored to airworthy by Pioneer Aero Restorations, Ardmore Airfield, Auckland NZ. -- Engine and propellors overhauled in Czech republic, 2002. - First flight, piloted by John Lamont, Feb. 2003. |
