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Serial #: MT818 Construction #: 6S/729058 Civil Registration: G-AIDN N58JE Model(s): LF Mk. VIIIc Tr. Mk. 8 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002  Additional Pictures. |
History: Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Eastleigh, Jan. 7, 1947-1956. - Registered as G-AIDN. - Prototype 2-seat trainer, first flight Sept. 1946 as N32. - Stored at Chilbolton, 1952-1956. Vivian Bellamy, Eastleigh, Sept. 1956-1963. John S. Fairey, Eastleigh (later Andover), Sept. 1963-1967. John S. Fairey & Tim Davies, Andover, 1967-1976. Mike S. Bayliss, Baginton, 1976-1978. George F. Miller, Baginton (later Dinas Powis), 1978-1983. - Damaged while landing, Feb. 6, 1978. - Rebuilt started in 1982 and shipped to TX. - Marked as MT818/G-M. George F. Miller, Houston, TX, 1983-1986. Jack A. Erickson/Erickson Aircrane Inc/Erickson Group, Medford, OR, July 1986-2002. - Registered as N58JE. - Restoration completed. - First flight April 1987. - Flown as MT818/G-M. - Operated by Tillamook NAS Air Museum, Tillamook, OR, 1997-2002. |
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): Peter Marsh R.J. Wilson.
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