Certainly needs TLC but I don’t think this a/c is as rare as implied; most references quote this aircraft as a T-33A not a P-80. The forum archive includes the following:
“A T-33A, serial 51-4413, is now resident in the Gjirokastra Weapons Museum, Albania. The USAF aircraft was on a delivery flight from France to either the Yugoslav or Greek Air Force when it was forced down by Albanian fighters on the 23rd December 1957.”

Hi The Blue Max,

I’ve found yet another view I took of G-AWYI at Sywell – from a different angle. I’ve found my original records of the visit and can now confirm this and the earlier picture I posted were taken on 8 March 1969 (and not 1968). Hope it’s of interest as a further reference for your rebuild?

David,
Here are some of my shots from Quatro Vientos showing L-14 EC-AAP. You will see that it is a liaison machine with a pronounced greenhouse for the observer and differs considerably in most respects from the HE-1 – such as : high lift devices, STOL capable u/c, with, different tail, rear fuselage and glazing etc etc. It’s a far rarer machine as only 8 were built out of 850 originally intended. It was the first Piper to have flaps and also had slots. This meant that it’s stalling speed was reduced to 20mph under power.

The HE-1 is a variant of the J-5 Cruiser (100 modified for ambulance work, converted from J-5s). They were powered by 100hp Lycoming,

The u/c of the different marque that’s with the FIO in Spain is quite different and configured with struts and shocks to cope with rough terrain, the rear fuselage also differs considerably re the glazing / fuselage line. I’ll post some of my shots of the Spanish machine when I get time to track them down.

A price hasn’t yet been “realised” for these JPs as the viewing day was only today (I went with a colleague). Also present but not for sale were some Jags (8 I think) stored in the same hangar. Many Jags (perhaps about 90) may come up for disposal soon. The ones stored presently at Cosford may or may not be amongst them and – of the ones seen – a couple were substantially complete but that doesn’t mean they will be disposed of in that state. Others were severely robbed of parts.

I went over to Canada to have alook at this machine at Wetaskiwin in July this year. She has certainly been run up since being grounded and still appears in good condition. I thought you may like to see one of my photographs of her. The Reynolds Museum (which as well as their storage and restoration facilities I’ve visited several times) does a magnificent job preserving very rare airframes and deserve credit for offering her a home so far. I’ve seen some of the reported reasons explaining why she’s for sale. As I’m not in a position to verify the facts I won’t repeat them here but it is reported on one forum that the museum is being given first refusal.

LEC Refrigeration Ltd operated Avro 19 series 1 G-AHIB from June 1957 until March 1959. It was sold on and eventually scrapped at Wymeswold in 1961.