AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION

[DON T]

Whilst looking after my grandson and watching Pipkin on CEEBEEBIES, I noticed they use a single seater aircraft registration number G-RAFG.

Could this be the same aircraft that was used by RAF Laarbruch Flying Club in the 1980s?

[airborne_artist]

Registration: G-RAFG Current Reg. Date: 03/03/1998
Previous ID: NEW UK First Reg. Date: 02/11/1989
Status: Registered De-Reg. Date:
Manufacturer: SLINGSBY AVIATION LTD
Type: SLINGSBY T67C
Serial No.: 2076
Mode S (hex):
Popular Name: FIREFLY
Generic Name: T67
Aircraft Class: FIXED-WING LANDPLANE
Engines:
1 - 1 x LYCOMING O-320-D2A
Ownership Status: Owned
Registered Owners: ARROW FLYING LTD
27 ST. JOHNS AVENUE
LEATHERHEAD
KT22 7HT
UNITED KINGDOM
MTOW: 907kg Total Hours: 4405 at 31/12/2004 Year Built: 1989
CofA / Permit: EASA STANDARD COFA C of A Expiry: 24/05/2008

Would an aircraft operated by an RAF club in the Fatherland have carried a G-reg?

[microlight AV8R]

Pretty poor show using your grandson as a smokescreen :rolleyes:

T-67 Firefly have a look at G-info on CAA website.

http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-RAFG&imgname=G-RAFG001&imgtype=jpg

[A2QFI]

If the aircraft you are referring to was at Laarbruch it was sold on to a flying group at RAF Wyton. There was an attempt to shift it to Bruggen but they didn't want it or even a flying club. Perhaps Wyton have moved it on again, indeed, is there a flying club at Wyton any more?

[DON T]

Actually I had been watching Balamory when he entered the room.

Although I wasn't a member of RAF Laarbruch Flying Club, we often saw their aircraft taxi while we were playing golf. I can remember it because, being in
Royal Air Force Germany, I thought the registration number very appropriate.

[Rigga]

Laarbruchs flying club (last named as the RAF(G) Flying Training Centre) closed with two T67C's, G-BLTU & G-BLPI, and a Robin 180/400 Regent, G-FTIL.

All aircraft went to Wyton's Flying Club where - I beleive - they still are!

They operated on UK CAA Exemptions and Authorisations and so were UK registered.

[NutLoose]

If you ever feel the need to find out about any aircraft on the UK register simply go here and type in what you know, registration etc

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?categoryid=60&pagetype=65&applicationid=1

[Fournicator]

Two of those three aircraft survive with the Pathfinder Flying Club at RAF Wyton to this day - T67B G-BLPI and Robin G-FTIL. T67B G-BLTU was written off in an unfortunate accident relatively recently.