Hopefully the forum can clear this one up for me.
Having been reading up aircraft British Eagle operated I have encountered a problem.
Dove G-AROI “Eaglet” (formerly Sea Devon XK897) from what I have read was scrapped in Denmark sometime in 1987. However some digging on the internet –
demobbed has it listed as surviving – [url]http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=960%5B/url
and have found a picture dated 19.3.2006 showing the wings –
http://www.oy-reg.dk/billeder/l4682.jpg
So my question then is how much of “Eaglet” actually still exists?!
Cheers,
Jon
By: Kenneth - 13th June 2008 at 20:59
The wings from OY-AJR are kept at Stauning and are to be used in the restoration of Dove OY-BHZ belonging to the Danish museum in Helsingoer. However BHZ is also presently stored at Stauning.
This doesn’t really make any sense. There are two Doves in Denmark in addition to whatever remains of OY-AJR, namely OY-BHZ and OY-DHZ. The former is according to oy-reg.dk in store in Stauning with a private owner and is complete. The latter is also at Stauning, but is on loan from Teknisk Museum to Danmarks Flymuseum, is to be restored by them for static display, and should be complete (note that the similarly-named Danmarks Flyvemuseum no longer exists, its collection having been handed over to Teknisk Museum). So why would either of these need the wings of ‘AJR?
I also doubt that ‘AJR was ever on display at the now closed museum in Billund, as it was scrapped/dismantled before this was opened. Maybe it is being confused with ‘DHZ which was stored there for a period.
By: Scenicruiser759 - 10th June 2008 at 05:16
I received the following information from Nicolai Musante in Denmark who gave me permission to publish it in this forum… I hope this is of some use in your research for the ‘eaglet’..
The wings from OY-AJR are kept at Stauning and are to be used in the restoration of Dove OY-BHZ belonging to the Danish museum in Helsingoer. However BHZ is also presently stored at Stauning.
Rumours will say, that the fuselage of AJR is kept in a private yard in a town called Hejnsvig (SW of Billund). Rumours…
By: wieesso - 3rd June 2008 at 21:43
Found only this, guess you know it already:
Danmarks Flyvemuseum Billund
04474 OY-AJR (XK987, G-AROI, N2410J, G-AROI) 1945, De Havilland DH 104 Dove 6
http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmd/dmr/def.htm
d/d 18/04/1956 to the Royal Navy, sold 26/04/1961, to G-AROI 24/05/1961, to OY-AJR 02/06/1980, pres. Billund Museum, Denmark
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XK
‘The aircraft was acquired by the Danmarks Flyvemuseum.’
http://www.cnapg.org/dove.htm
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June 3, 2008 at 2:19 pm