ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82740
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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Parker Heath Parasol |
| Owner/operator: | F.R.Brimecombe |
| Registration: | G-AFZE |
| MSN: | PA1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire (LTN/EGGW) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Luton Airport, Befordshire (LTN/EGGW) |
| Fairoaks Airport (EGTF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First UK example of US design. Built by R H Parker in 1939; registered 25/8/1939, but not first flown until 1949.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Luton, Bedfordshire, on 1/4/1966. Registration G-AFZE cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" on 1/5/1966. However, registration restored 17/7/1974 to KENNETH CORTAINE DESMOND ST CYRIEN, for rebuild - photographed at Old Warden in 1982 - but cancelled again 11/6/1996 as "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Registration restored again and aircraft currently under total restoration by Colin Essex
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AFZE-3.pdf
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?56168-Familiar-Friends-during-Forties-and-Fifties
http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1062964/
Images:
Henry Parker, photographed in 1982. He built G-AFZE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2010 03:58 | VHKDK | Added |
| 12-Dec-2012 11:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2013 19:32 | BobDuck | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2019 20:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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