|
 |
|
Serial #: MJ772 Construction #: CBAF.7263 Civil Registration: G-AVAV N8R Model(s): LF. Mk. IX Mk. Tr 9 Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2002 |
History: Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Eastleigh, 1950-1951. - Rebuilt as Tr Mk. 9. Delivered to Irish Air Corps as 159. - BOC: June 5, 1951. - SOC: 1963 J. Crewdson/Film Aviation Services, Biggin Hill, 1963. - Stored dismantled. COGEA Nouvelles, Ostend, Belgium, Mar. 1964-1965. - Airfreighted to Ostend, Apr. 1, 1964. - Stored dismantled. N.A.W. Samuelson, Elstree, 1965-1970. - Registered as G-AVAV, Nov. 8, 1966. - Shipped from Belgium. - Rebuilt at Elstree. - First Flight, July 1967. - Flown in movie "Battle Of Britain", 1968. - Crash landed, wheels up, Little Straughton, July 9, 1968. - Repaired. Sir W.J.D. Roberts, Shoreham, Dec. 1969-1971. Strathallan Collection, Auchterader, Scotland, Dec. 1971-1974. Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation, Enid, OK, Dec. 13, 1974-1980. - Registered as N8R. Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ, 1981-2000. - Crashed Amarillo, TX on ferry flight to Mesa, AZ, 1981. - Rebuilt at Mesa as single seater, 1992. - First flight Oct. 1985. Boeing Museum Of Flight, Seattle, WA, 2000-2003. |
Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
|