| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-GPJS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stinson Reliant |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stinson SR/V-77 Reliant (AT-19) |
| Aircraft Version: | Stinson SR-10C Reliant |
| C/n (msn): | 3-5846 |
| Operator Titles: | Musée Volant Salis |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | La Ferté-AlaisMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFFQ IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Le Temps des Hélices 2016 |
| Photo Date: | 14 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 271236 |
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This immaculate Reliant has spent its entire 80-year life in France. Delivered in 1937 to Antoine Cierplikowski (Monsieur Antoine), a world-famous celebrity hairdresser in Paris who also owned a Farman 393. Hidden in a barn during the war, it was retrieved in 1946. On 4 May 1946 it was registered to Benoît Millien, personal friend and pilot of Mr. Cierplikowski, as F-BBCS. In the mid 1970s the use of the Stinson was transferred to Jean Salis, and it was registered to him on 3 Jun 1987. In the 1990s it was restored to flying condition, and it made its first post-restoration flight on 24 Jun 1998. On 27 Jan 2000 the Reliant was re-registered as F-GJPS, still to Jean Salis. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 August 2020, and has since been viewed 714 times. |