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Bit of googling and may have found the answer (information taken from The Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum website) –
D4 (Piston Provost)
Manufactured in 1949/50 to Air Ministry order by Aviation Trainers Limited, incorporating Link sub-assemblies. Now complete with all systems and overhead radio, it normally “flies” well but the radio navigation systems are not fully checked out. As acquired, the desk radio unit was stripped to give intercom only and the overhead radio was missing. The automatic radio compass system was bypassed to give a heading indicator. The vacuum achieved is at the lowest acceptable level although we cannot find any significant leaks. A spare “turbine” is in store awaiting rebuild.
D4 Mk 2 (Jet Provost)
Manufactured around 1955 as a D4 modified to represent the Jet Provost, with higher speeds and simpler engine controls. When acquired, several electro mechanical modules were missing although the radio system was complete. With little chance of acquiring the mechanical units the radio system was therefore used to complete the D4. Eventually we hope to convert this unit to a fixed base trainer. So far, the undercarriage, flaps and engine rpm systems work and a prototype compass system is being tested.
Jon
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