| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-BJSI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | SFERMA SF-60 Marquis |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | SFERMA SF-60 Marquis |
| Aircraft Version: | SFERMA SF-60 Marquis |
| C/n (msn): | 02 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Nottingham - East MidlandsMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGNX IATA: EMA Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 28 August 1969 |
| Photo by: | Gordon Riley |
| Photo ID: | 730290 |
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In 1962, SFERMA (Société Française d'Entretien et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique) modified a Model 95 Travel Air by equipping it with the swept tail of the Model 55 Baron and replacing the piston engines with two 440hp Astazou II turboprops Seventeen Model 55 Baron airframes were also re-engined, including three for Beechcraft, and an eighteenth was not completed. The second prototype, F-BJSI, was re-engined with more powerful Astazou XII engines and set several World Air Speed Records in its class during the early 1960s. This photo is copyright © Gordon Riley, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 24 September 2024, and has since been viewed 234 times. |