ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19300
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| Date: | 26-MAR-1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Operator: | Gordon C. Wright t/a Wright Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AIKB |
| C/n / msn: | 1408 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ruabon, Wrexham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hooton Park, Cheshire |
Ex RAF Auster AOP.V TJ341. Military service with 664 Squadron and 84 Group Communications Squadron. Struck off charge when sold 11.7.46. To G-AIKB on 13.11.1946 for Wright Aviation. which was established in 1946, initially at Hooton Park, and shared its aircraft with the Wirral Aero & Gliding Club.
Squadron Leader. Gordon C. Wright, being not only founder and director of Wright Aviation, but also Chairman and CFI of Wirral Aeroplane & Gliding Club. Gordon Wright was a busy man as he was at the time also Chief Pilot for Liverpool airline, Skytravel in 1946-1947. A fleet of 5 Auster aircraft were soon built up during the first year of operation at Hooton Park, although one (G-AIKB) was subsequently lost during 1948.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd, on 26.3.1948. Registration G-AIKB formally cancelled by the CAA on 12.5.1948
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIKB.pdf
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1289
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p14.htm
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999.
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1999.
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
http://derbosoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=history&action=print&thread=6920
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 00:29 | John Baker | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 03-Dec-2012 06:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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