| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | SE-BNZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Saab 91 Safir |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Saab 91 Safir (Sk50/Tp91) |
| Aircraft Version: | Saab 91B Safir |
| C/n (msn): | 91.128 |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1949 to 9 June 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 563514 |
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Built in 1947, this Safir was registered as SE-BNL in 1948. It became the Saab 91B prototype when fitted with a Lycoming O-435 engine. Wikipedia suggests it first flew as such on 18 January 1949. Reg changed to SE-BNZ on 11 April 1949. Photo assumed taken that spring as the aircraft had a landing accident on 9 June 1949 at ESSL, and was changed to SE-BNL again as a Gipsy-powered 91A on 8 May 1950. To SE-BNZ again in 1951, still as an 91A. To SE-BNL for the third time in 1957. Gipsy engine replaced by a Lycoming O-360 in 1966. To LN-AAS in 2003. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 12 April 2023, and has since been viewed 179 times. |