By: ollieholmes - 18th December 2011 at 22:00
A wild guess or some inside info?
A wild guess.
By: Newforest - 18th December 2011 at 18:11
Interesting, i wonder if it went to Australia for spares or something.
A wild guess or some inside info?
By: Flat 12x2 - 18th December 2011 at 18:02
C/no PAC/56/207. Awaiting collection at Hunting Percival Aircraft, Luton, in July 1954, d/d 16/07/1954, to RAF. To Ground Instructional Airframe 7621M 28/10/1959, sold 15/01/1974, to G-BLFT 23/02/1984, registered to
Was also at the Staravia scrapyard in Ascot before being bought by Doug Arnold at Blackbush.
By: Flat 12x2 - 18th December 2011 at 17:51
Barry Parkhouse is a famous aircraft buyer and seller, who has his office (and hangar) at Booker/Wycombe. So I presume it went there, but no idea what happenend with it afterwards.
Cheers,Patrick Dirksen
Tristar Aviation
Back in ’84 Barry’s office/hanger (warehouse) was at Blackwater, Camberley just of Green Ln. So that would have been correct then.
By: Patrick Dirksen - 18th December 2011 at 14:36
Barry Parkhouse is a famous aircraft buyer and seller, who has his office (and hangar) at Booker/Wycombe. So I presume it went there, but no idea what happenend with it afterwards.
Cheers,
Patrick Dirksen
Tristar Aviation
By: Bazza333 - 18th December 2011 at 11:29
So given the owners address – would this have been based at Blackbushe?
By: ollieholmes - 18th December 2011 at 10:40
Interesting, i wonder if it went to Australia for spares or something.
By: Dr. John Smith - 18th December 2011 at 04:41
Provost T.1 WV686
Well…WV686 was a PISTON Provost (not a “Jet”…there was an Alvis Leonides and a propellor up front, not a jet engine up the rear!)
C/no PAC/56/207. Awaiting collection at Hunting Percival Aircraft, Luton, in July 1954, d/d 16/07/1954, to RAF. To Ground Instructional Airframe 7621M 28/10/1959, sold 15/01/1974, to G-BLFT 23/02/1984, registered to
BARRY WILLIAM HAMILTON PARKHOUSE
9 GREEN LANE
BLACKWATER
CAMBERLEY
GU17 9DG
Registration belatedly cancelled by CAA after census/inquiry to registered owner on 2/9/1991 (see http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BLFT.pdf). Picture of WV686 at Cranfield in July 1990 HERE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanwz581/6238187988/in/photostream
Most sources list this aircraft as “sold to Australia”, but no record exists of this aircraft ever taking up a “VH-” registration
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