Historic DHC Chipmunk G-AKDN

Take a look at the Air Britain photo site. There are six photos of G-AKDN including this one:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1176673/

This is G-AKDN seen in 1986 at the Farnborough International Airshow.

Must be one of the oldest around and have one of the nicest schemes in this old photo too, simple colours but just perfect and fresh looking.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3718319334_ed4d0419a8_b.jpg

ps… i have no idea why i did not get a shot of the WHOLE plane… eeek

Regards

DesertBlooms

She sure does look great in silver…

I’ve got a bunch of pix of G-AKDN from her visit to the Toronto Aerospace Museum during the Chipmunk 60th-anniversary celebrations back in the spring. No way of posting same unfortunately (my cameras are old celluloid-burners)…But iirc Eric Dumigan’s website has some very fine shots of her including some A2A taken during the same visit. Polished metal/cream/BRG: classiest example I’ve ever seen of what is always a classy type!

S.

… taken 15 May 2006 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

She looks incredible in silver! 😎

a recent snapshot …

… taken 15 May 2006 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

G-AKDN taken at Hatfield 5th July 1975

It is now on its way home!

Found this of her loaded up ready for shipping.

HOME? 😮 as in Canada? 😮 😮

The plane seems to very shy when photographers are around. This photo was taken about 52 years ago! 🙂

miltransuk,

Can you post the ebay link here so I can go and have a look please??

Steve

have a phot on Ebay soon , has 44 on fuselage presume Kings Cup Air Race , another aircraft behind ..Miles type coded 33 registration behind tail of AKDN , has very small cockpit canopy

am about to enter photo on Ebay

coded 44 presume Kings Cup Air Race , with another aitcraft Miles Type ? coded 33 registration obscured , very small cockpit canopy

Does anyone know any history about,or have any old photo’s of a De Havilland Canada Chipmunk reg: G-AKDN.

I know it was based in Norfolk for many years prior to that had been raced in various Kings Cup and Daily Express Air Races ,and had been used for evaluation prior to the Chipmunk entering service with the R.A.F.although this one never went into service and has been ‘civillian’ all her life

thanks

steve

Re: Historic DHC Chipmunk G-AKDN

Originally posted by Steve 964
Does anyone know any history about,or have any old photo’s of a De Havilland Canada Chipmunk reg: G-AKDN.

I know it was based in Norfolk for many years prior to that had been raced in various Kings Cup and Daily Express Air Races ,and had been used for evaluation prior to the Chipmunk entering service with the R.A.F.although this one never went into service and has been ‘civillian’ all her life

thanks

steve

For many years, I believe it was based at Seething with the Waveney Flying Group.

In 1946 two Chipmunks, pre-production prototype aircraft numbers 10 & 11, were shipped in packing cases from Canada to England for test flying and evaluation at de Havillands main production site at Hatfield. No 10 was to crash , but number 11 civilian registered G-AKDN has survived, and until Friday 5th July 2002 was hangered and flown from Bagby by Philip Derry, the original test pilot’s Great Nephew. It is now on its way home!

Found this of her loaded up ready for shipping.

The Black/Gold Chippie is G-ALWB, now at Duxford in Cream/Red..

Steve, this probably won’t be much help, but there was a Chipmunk in at Skysport about a year ago for refurb, can’t remember the reg, but it was black and gold, and if my memory serves it was a pure civvie Chipmunk in that it had never served with the forces. Not many of them around, as most appear to be ex-AEF or ex-AAC.

Steve, you may have already seen these but here are a couple of links

www.nybc.co.uk/1st%20chipmunk.htm

www.tptech.co.uk/chipmunk/article4.htm

a chipmunk photo taken at Old Warden july 2002.