Can anyone help fill in the blanks here?
WB645 – Last noted as 8218M at RAF Bicester 8/1999, Bichester closed in 2004. What happened to the aircaft?
WP963 – Took up N99856 – Any more infomatiom on this one? Is she still airworthy?
WD318 – Rumoured to be in Burford, Canada. Anything on this one?
By: AlanR - 6th May 2012 at 15:29
Thanks 🙂
By: David Burke - 6th May 2012 at 15:17
Owned by Shuttleworth still airworthy.
By: AlanR - 6th May 2012 at 15:14
I found this picture from Circa. 1990, Duxford I believe ?, so scanned it in.
This seemed as good as thread as any to post it.
Is it still flying ?
By: David Burke - 5th December 2011 at 21:07
The serial certainly seems familiar.
By: ollieholmes - 5th December 2011 at 20:57
Ollie -a few Chipmunk projects I was involved with went to Canada for conversion to Super Chipmunk circa probably mid nineties. All to the same address.
Do you know if the aircraft in question was this one?
By: David Burke - 5th December 2011 at 20:30
Ollie -a few Chipmunk projects I was involved with went to Canada for conversion to Super Chipmunk circa probably mid nineties. All to the same address.
By: Fieldhawk - 5th December 2011 at 19:02
[QUOTE=Dr. John Smith;1830682]
WP803 – Sold 30/05/1996, to G-HAPY 03/07/1996, Booker, Buckinghamshire. Currently registered to an owner in London NW7, with a CofA to 31/10/2013
Thank you Dr John.
By the way, if any, or even all, Chipmunks want to visit us at Sandown, Isle of Wight, you will be very welcome.
By: ollieholmes - 5th December 2011 at 16:44
Do we have any forum members in that area of Canada who may know more of the where abouts or its evetual fate?
By: Dr. John Smith - 5th December 2011 at 15:05
Chipmunk fates
WB645 – I understand that what was left of it went to RAF Halton upon the closure of Bicester in 2004 (and may still be there)
WP963 – reduced to PAX, to Halton as 31/07/1973 as 8341M, then to USA circa 1979
WD318 – to PAX, to 8207M n.t.u, to 8257M, to Burford, Canada
“What happened to WP803? Had many looks at its back side (from the cockpit of a glider).”
WP803 – Sold 30/05/1996, to G-HAPY 03/07/1996, Booker, Buckinghamshire. Currently registered to an owner in London NW7, with a CofA to 31/10/2013
sources – http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343 and for WP803/G-HAPY http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=HAPY and a pic of it at http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-HAPY&imgname=G-HAPY001&imgtype=jpg
By: Fieldhawk - 5th December 2011 at 14:27
What happened to WP803? Had many looks at its back side (from the cockpit of a glider).
By: ollieholmes - 5th December 2011 at 14:25
Thank you. Thats certainly proved a great help.
By: RMR - 4th December 2011 at 22:32
From my notes
WP963
School of Land/Air Warfare 11/2/53; Old Sarum SF; 229 OCU (‘1’);
8341M
Allocated 31/3/73; converted PAX; to 1 SoTT 30/7/73 (’14’); To Duxford by 1/77 for O.A.Haydon-Baille; Believed exported to USA c. /79;
But did not become N99856, that is ex G-AMUC
C1/0824
G-AMUC
Registered 2/9/52, Air Service Training Ltd.; CoA issued 30/10/52; College of Air Training (Properties) Ltd. 28/6/60; East Midland School of Flying Ltd. 8/8/72; Northair Aviation Ltd. 25/6/73; Flight Line Ltd. 31/10/74; Cancelled 15/3/76 sold to USA;
N99856
Registered 23/11/77; Rust Airstrip Inc.; Snap & Rolls Unlimited (J.Joly); D.E.McDermod;
This is still on the US register.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=99856
rmr
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