By: Archer - 2nd July 2012 at 18:05
It could very well turn up at Duxford one of these days 😉
Did you mean turn up or turn over:
Photo by Halcyon Days from this thread: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=114038&page=42
But on a serious note, sorry to see this happening to a lovely aircraft. I hope she’ll be back home soon.
By: ericmunk - 28th June 2012 at 15:13
Jep, but this is the original one.
Just a caution…there are others out there painted in cn 295’s military attache markings. The Yanks museum example at Chino comes to mind…there may be more.
By: ericmunk - 28th June 2012 at 15:12
This beauty is very much still flying, based at Eindhoven (Netherlands) with Southern Cross Aviation. Lovely ship, that has just emerged from a couple of years of restoration and a full rebuild of the wooden bits. It is in immaculate condition and very well looked after by its owner. It could very well turn up at Duxford one of these days 😉
By: J Boyle - 28th June 2012 at 15:07
Just a caution…there are others out there painted in cn 295’s military attache markings. The Yanks museum example at Chino comes to mind…there may be more.
By: ollieholmes - 28th June 2012 at 13:33
Thank you all for your help. What a well travelled aircraft she is.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 28th June 2012 at 08:08
Not sure whether its grounded now, but it was flying in the UK last year at the Sally B Friends day
By: Newforest - 28th June 2012 at 07:29
Currently registered as N295BS to an owner in Virgina as previously quoted, but the latest flying photo appears to be 2009, is it grounded? :confused:
By: Archer - 28th June 2012 at 07:03
AFAIK she is still owned by a ferry company and operated from The Netherlands, both as a company plane and for airshows. She has been restored in recent years and seems to be in great shape.
By: J Boyle - 28th June 2012 at 05:37
That aircraft is among the most travelled Traveller.
C/N 295 It was bought as a YC-43 and assigned to the US Embassy in the UK with USAAF serial 39-139.
Impressed to RAF where it was flown by Prince Bernard of the Netherlands.
SOC bythe RAF and returned to the USA where it reverted to its military serial (for disposal) before becoming NC19397 Became G-AMBY then VP-YIV in Rhodesia then ZS-PWD in South Africa. Returned to the USA where it was owned by a well-known car collector in the Seattle area, before being sold a couple of times as N295BS.
In 1992 is was flying in Kansas.
It’s currently registered to an owner in Virginia.
By: Eddie - 28th June 2012 at 02:01
Well… nothing really ‘new’, but: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AMBY.pdf
Does this help: http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1292571/
And: http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N295BS
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