WW1 (replica?) biplane over Wrexham last Sunday

[chesterjet]

Hi All,
New kid putting his head over the parapet after long-time lurking..!:)
Not sure whether I should post my question in Private Flying or Vintage etc.
I was model flying near Wrexham last Sunday morning when a WW1 SE5 -type biplane flew over our site. About mid-day, conditions perfect.
Beautiful sight, but the sound was not quite authentic...
Who/what was it?
One of the GWDT team? Didn't look quite like their SE5 replica.

Anyone shed any light? Please?

[contrail]

I believe there is a replica based on a strip between Wrexham & Gresford.

[Genghis the Engineer]

Hard to say without a registration, or having been there (which I wasn't), but sounds most likely either an SE5a replica - there are a few about, or an MBA Tiger Cub (Photos: MBA Tiger Cub 440 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/1449170)) of which there are also still a few flying.

G

[chesterjet]

The replica mentioned by Contrail seems the most likely; any more info available?

It was quite unlike the Tiger Cub shown in the link from Genghis.

I couldn't get the reg since I was busy flying my model at the time..
But the colour scheme was typical WW1 camo with light undersides.

Many thanks, chaps!:)

[Genghis the Engineer]

Try G-INFO (http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&aircrafttype=SE5); there are photographs of most of the SE5 replicas on the UK register, so you may be able to identify the livery.

G

[chesterjet]

Brilliant!
G-CCXG it almost certainly is. Saw the V ident letter beneath one wing as it flew over, probably making for its home strip nearby...!
I should have thought of G-INFO myself, but forgot that one can interrogate it for aircraft type, not just reg.:)

Thanks again - mystery solved!!