ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163055
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.4 Ferry |
| Owner/operator: | Himalaya Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | VT-AFO |
| MSN: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Hardwar, Uttarakhand, 70 miles North of New Dehli -
 India
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hardwar, Uttarakhand, New Dehli, India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.4 Ferry (c/no. 5): Registered as G-ABSJ [C of R 3511] 12.31 to Sir Alan Cobham, London WC2 [but based at York]. C of A 3484 issued 10.6.32. Operated by National Aviation Day Ltd, Ford, West Sussex; named "Youth of Britain III". Renamed "Youth of Africa" 1933. Re-registered [C of R 4780] 27.11.33 to National Aviation Displays Ltd, Ford, West Sussex.
Shipped to India 4.34. Registration cancelled as sold 2.9.34. Re-registered in India as VT-AFO 4.8.34 to Himalaya Air Transport & Survey Ltd, Hardwar, New Delhi; named "Dragoman". Company renamed The Himalaya Airways Ltd [by 12.35]. Aircraft was used to ferry pilgrims from Hardwar to Gaucher. During its service in India the Ferry was flown by K. R. (Keki) Gazder who later became a senior Air-India commander.
Destroyed by fire when burnt by rioters, whilst parked in a hangar at Hardwar, Uttarakhand, 70 miles north of New Delhi, India 1.10.36. Registration cancelled 13.10.36.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20prewar.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABSJ.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Ferry
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/86-register-india
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2014 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2020 17:41 | AZIMVTH | Updated [Damage] |
| 16-Sep-2020 17:41 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2021 11:52 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative] |
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