Aircraft History |
G-AJJP | |||
Fairey Aviation | |||
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2nd prototype Gyrodyne airframe. Grounded when 1st airframe (G-AIKF) crashed 17 Apr 1949. Reg withdrawn Nov 1950. | |||
XD759 | |||
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1954-01 | ex G-AJJP allocated XD759 in error, to XJ389. | ||
XJ389 | |||
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1954-02 | Following significant design effort and manufacturing re-work after its grounding in 1949, emerged as a Jet Gyrodyne in Jan 1954. Allocated XD759 but this (like a number of others around this time) was duplicated with an existing Sabre F4, so re-allocated XJ389 | ||
early 1970s in central Southampton close to the Civic Centre for quite a few years | |||
1979-07 | A EGWC | Reserve Collection to RAF Museum Cosford reserve collection by Jul 1979, still 1981, still Mar 1990 | |
1994-06 | B Museum of Berkshire Aviation | Exhibit Fairey Jet Gyrodyne on loan to Museum of Berkshire Aviation (Woodley) Jun 1994, still 2009, still 2018. |
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