ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154250
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Date: | Saturday 17 July 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
Owner/operator: | Shuttleworth Collection |
Registration: | G-ACEJ |
MSN: | 4069 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Old Warden (EGTH), Biggleswade, Bedfordshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | Old Warden Airfield (EGTH) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Registered G-ACEJ [C of R 4215] 21.4.33 to The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd, Turnhouse. C of A 3916 issued 30.5.33. Delivered 3.35 and registered [C of R 5818] 15.4.35 to Norfolk & Norwich Aero Club Ltd, Mousehold. Registered [C of R 7087] 21.5.36 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey; stored at Brooklands 1935/36.
Registered [C of R 7206] 22.7.36 to S Norman Giroux, t/a The Giro Aviation Co, Hesketh Park, Southport. Stored during war and C of A renewed 5.6.46 after overhaul by Helliwells Ltd, Walsall.
Registered 21.12.47 to Giro Aviation Co Ltd; flown from Southport Beach on joyflights. Registered 16.6.66 to Norman H Jones t/a The Tiger Club, Redhill. Undercarriage collapsed on take-off from Southend 24.3.68; repaired.
Registered 26.10.72 to Anthony Haig-Thomas, Southend. Loaned to the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden from 1978. Destroyed 17.7.82 when struck by Musketeer G-AYWS at Old Warden; subsequently burnt out. Registration cancelled 23.7.82 as destroyed.
Some components and engine salvaged and to Newbury Aeroplane Co [1983] for use in reconstruction. Registered 11.11.86 to Janice I Cooper t/a Newbury Aeroplane Co, Denford Manor, Hungerford. Rebuilt by Ben Cooper/Newbury Aeroplane Co and re-flown 24.10.94; painted in Scottish Motor Traction colours, fleet no."30". C of A renewed 27.10.94.
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p040.htm http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACEJ-1.pdf https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1350409/ http://www.iaopa.eu/static/CKFinderJava/userfiles/files/gamag/oct12/p40-42.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Mar-2013 13:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
19-Mar-2013 13:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jan-2014 10:39 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Embed code] |
10-Nov-2014 21:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
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