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Old 14th Feb 2022, 09:28
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Arthur Bellcrank
 
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No 2 looks in GFP, the No 1 could be feathered in order to remove the spinner, maybe a de icing brush block snag, it isn't clear if oil bypass gear is fitted, (this returns engine oil used to function prop pitch back to the oil tank). It might simply be that prop functions used up the oil and it needs draining into a bucket and returning to the tank. Or perhaps the engine auto feathered in flight.
I like the photo taken in Guernsey with the JEA early colour scheme and the CEX Herald in the background, my guess taken around 1990-91 perhaps. I think G-BNCY came a cropper later on, if I remember CEX bought the hulk for spares around 1998. G-BNIZ later went on to be owned and operated by CEX before being sold on to a Turkish operator.
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