ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269625
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| Date: | Saturday 18 September 1982 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sopwith Tabloid Replica |
| Owner/operator: | Donald Milton Cashmore (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-BFDE |
| MSN: | 168 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hucknall Airfield, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hucknall Airfield, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) |
| Hucknall Airfield, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sopwith Talbot replica G-BDFE: First registered 22 September 1977. First flown 22 June 1980 at Hucknall Airfield, Nottinghamshire.
Substantially damaged 18 September 1982: Logbook extract - `Heavy landing - starboard wheel tucked under and axle broken. U/c broke up and machine nosed over onto its back'. Final flight - total 134 flights, 66.35 flying hours.
In 1982-3 Damage repaired by (registered owner) Donald Milton Cashmore with new parts as necessary. Aircraft recovered and converted to wing-warping configuration, and provision made to fit a rotary engine - by this date agreement had been reached to sell the aircraft to the RAF Museum, who had initially expressed an interest in the aircraft in 1981. The aircraft was duly purchased by the Trustees of the RAF Museum.
23 March 1983 Delivered to RC&RC Cardington, where an original 80hp Gnome rotary engine and contemporary propeller were fitted.
04 June 09 1983 Permit to fly expired.
10 November 1983 To RAF Museum Hendon from Cardington.
08 December 1986 Registration cancelled as 'withdrawn from use.'
March 1989 Returned to RC&RC Cardington for corrections to markings and partial recovering. Returned c.1990 to Hendon where it remained on display in the Bomber Command Hall until moved into the Grahame White Hangar in July 2005.
24 November 2010 Moved into adjacent newly reconstructed Grahame White Watch Office
building for continued display.
Sources:
1. https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/83-A-526-Tabloid-168.pdf
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/8565687466
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Replica_Sopwith_Tabloid_168_(G-BFDE)_(8565687466).jpg
4. http://plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk/Aircraft/Props/Tabloid/sopwith%20tabloid.htm
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BFDE.pdf
6. http://plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk/Aircraft/Props/Tabloid/sopwith%20tabloid.htm
Images:
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Media:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2021 22:32 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 16-Nov-2021 22:33 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 16-Nov-2021 22:35 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 16-Nov-2021 22:36 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Operator, Photo] |
| 05-Jun-2022 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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