Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
I thought G-APXX was the only Drover ever imported into the UK ?
There were a couple of others allocated G- registrations, but
AFAIK they never came here.
If you cannot quite afford the £ 20.00 for the excellent AB book, there is an article in ABs Av World Autumn 2006 with a full production list.
20 aircraft were built (c/ns 5001 - 5020)
5003 was registered in the UK as G-ALLK in March 49 but ntu and was cancelled May 51.
5002 was registered in the UK as G-APPP in 59. The sale fell through and the a/c remained in Australia.
5014 was registered in the UK in Dec 60. Delivered through LPL docks in Sept 61. Squires Gate until May 67 then to Southend Mus. To Blackbushe then to Lasham. As stated above currently at Booker in poor condition.
5003 is appears to be the only Drover to have left the Antipodes and certainly the only one to have made it into the Northern hemisphere. Remarkably for such an obscure type 9 airframes survive (45% of the production run), in part or whole. It is possible two are in airworthy condition.