Originally Posted by
vintage ATCO
I only remember N1472V with a swept tail.
That was Riley's prototype, demo'd in the UK in 1965 which was no doubt when the photo at McAlpine's was taken.
Originally Posted by
oftenflylo
F-BGOA had swept fin - was it done at Luton?
No, that was a US conversion according to Jackson. He does say, however, that one of the swept fin examples (F-BORJ, the former G-ATGK) was a McAlpine conversion, which seems a bit odd. Maybe the restriction was on getting a UK C of A for the swept fin - though G-ATGK did briefly re-appear on the UK register in 1975.
Anyway, I've unearthed a photo of what appears to be the conversion line at McAlpine's, showing a Dove identified as G-ATGL with a distinctly Lycoming-looking engine:
though strangely 04289 doesn't appear on any of the published listings of conversions, so it may be a mis-identification, given the lack of visible markings.