| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | G-APIB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector |
| Aircraft Version: | Edgar Percival EP-9 Prospector |
| C/n (msn): | 34 |
| Operator Titles: | Skyspread |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | StaplefordMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGSG IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | Tim Spearman Collection |
| Photo ID: | 721193 |
| Photo Comment |
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Built at Stapleford in 1957 and test flown as G-43-1. Left Croydon on delivery flight to Australia in company with G-APIA on 27th October 1957, arriving on the 11th November. Registered as VH-FBZ in February 1958. Crashed in March 1959 and rebuilt by Kingsford Smith Aviation with a Cheetah 10 radial engine and re-designated as an EP-9C. Crashed again in July 1962 while flying for Airfarm Associates, repaired and re-registered as VH-DCM before crashing again in April 1963. Struck off register 9th April 1963. This photo was added on 27 August 2024, and has since been viewed 110 times. |