Dealer buys back aircraft - 44 years later!
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Dealer buys back aircraft - 44 years later!
In the summer of 1970, Westair at Blackpool supplied a new Rheims built C150 to the Lancashire Aero club at Barton. It was registered G-AWPU. As a student it was the very first aircraft I flew, I learnt to fly in her and subsequently instructed in her for many years. 30 years later I recreated that first flight and thought she had done well to survive that long....
This aircraft has just left Barton after being sold to....Westair at Blackpool
That's 44 years exactly - some kind of record you would think.
Here she is all those years ago..
And recently...
This aircraft has just left Barton after being sold to....Westair at Blackpool
That's 44 years exactly - some kind of record you would think.
Here she is all those years ago..
And recently...
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According to the CAA she was registered to Westair on 18/6/2014 so that looks like a sale. Total hours were 21,157 at the end of Dec 2013 - a fair few of which would be down to me