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Serial #: MT719 Construction #: 6S-479770 Civilian Registration(s): I-SPIT G-VIII N719MT Model: LF Mk. VIIIc Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RAF as MT719, 19??. - Assigned to 9 MU in June, 1944. - Shipped to Bombay, India. - Transferred to 17 Squadron. Delivered to Indian Air Force as HS???, Dec. 29, 1947. - Allocated as instructional airframe "T17"/Code 87. Ormond & Wensley Haydon-Baillie, Duxford, UK, 1977-1978. - Hulk recovered from Jaipur AB, India, 1977. Franco Actis, Turin, Italy, Dec. 1979. - Registered as I-SPIT. - Restored to airworthyness, Vergiate. - First Flight Oct. 27, 1982 as MT719/YB-J. Adrian Reynard/Reynard Racing Cars Ltd., Nov. 5, 1988-1991 - Registered as G-VIII. Aircraft Investments Ltd, 1993. - Sold to USA. Jim Cavanaugh/Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Dallas, TX, Sept. 29, 1993-2002. - Registered as N719MT. - Flown as MT719/YB-J. |
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): Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002
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