Fairey Ultralight

C/N f.9424

Built 1955





Helicopter Fairey Ultralight Serial f.9424 Register G-AOUJ XJ928 used by Fairey Aviation. Built 1955. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XJ928

1957
united kingdom Fairey Aviation

1956-032nd prototype, ff 20 Mar 1956, to G-AOUJ Aug 1956. Trials from deck of HMS Grenville during autumn 1957. Arctic trials in Canada 1958.
1957 A EGLF SBAC Air Show 1957 displayed at SBAC Farnborough Airshow in 1957 (marked G-AOUJ) in yellow overall colour scheme
1958-09 A EGLF SBAC Air Show 1958 displayed at SBAC Farnborough Airshow in 1958 in Royal Navy colour scheme
1960 B EGLM Stored wfu Sep 1959, dismantled and stored at White Waltham by 1960. Sent to be scrapped 1969.

G-AOUJ

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1979-05 C EGFI Exhibit recovered from scrap yard, stored Harlow. To Helicopter Museum May 1979 (for restoration), still here Dec 1993.
1981-06-27 D EGVInoted restored to static condition at Greenham Common Air Show.
1999-11 E Innsworth CARG Restored at the Cotswold Aircraft Restoration Group at Innsworth, from Nov 1999, until at least Apr 2006 and returned to Helicopter Museum Nov 2010 but without rotorhead.
2007-06 F EGBJ Stored spent a short period at Staverton, dismantled on back of a trailer.
2013-08-15 C EGFIOn 15 Aug 2013, Vector Aerospace delivered a finned tail unit (not fitted at earliest stage of development) to the Museum.




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