available, wing skin dimpler, hand riveter, air tools, rivet cutter,
dimpling set, riveting blocks, etc
Although we opined back in ABN APR.524/2015 that the High
Flatts Farm, Pelton, Chester-le-Street strip had lost all previous
residents, the appearance of Pitts S-1S G-BKKZ (Permit expired 29th
March 2017) for sale by the Pelton owner Paul Gabriele seems to
suggest otherwise, although if the sale is successful, we may be proved
correct!
Following the offer of the engine from accident-damaged Europa
G-JAGY last month, Clive Sutton from Kenilworth (who flies G-YETI
from Wellesbourne Mountford) now has further parts on offer. Both
the main wings are probably repairable by a glass-fibre specialist, the
LH wing is considerably worse than the RH one and there are new
factory XS wing parts and a set of finished, but slightly damaged tail-
planes from the same aircraft, plus a set of NEW factory tail-plane
cores.
From Morgansfield, Fishburn Paul Carlton offers Alpi Pioneer 300
G-EWES, while nearby, due to the owners’ medical issues, Bristell NG5
G-CKTN is for sale from Greenhills Farm, Wheatley Hill.
Due to requiring hangar space at Sittles Farm, Alrewas Fatboy Flyer
G-MWHM is for sale and may have attracted buyer attention attending
the MW Fly-In at Otherton on 1st June.
The Hassocks owner of SSDR Flylight Foxcub G-CIYC has it for sale
and confirms the sailwing as a Fox 14TL and the engine as a Polini Thor
250, which we had not previously recorded.
Out of CofA since 4th June 2008, dismantled Gardan GY80 G-AZYA
is on offer from the Kilsby, Rugby owner; no longer able to fly, but
obviously requires re-assembly and internal refurbishment for
potential return to flying on a Permit.
Tri-R Kis G-CLGE has been an on-going build project since 7th
January 1994 as G-MANW. Re-registered to the new owner with a new
identity on 8th April, he now offers it for sale in an almost complete
state initially from the Nottingham area, but later added that it is now
located in Southern Spain!
An AFORS sale of Cessna 337A N19F based at Wadswick Manor
Farm, Corsham, allows us to correct the STOL conversion from
previously assumed Roberston, to a Horton STOL kit. Aircraft has
original engines and airframe total time of 3,450 Hrs.
Sky Zone’s Piper PA-34-200T G-GOAC has been out of CofA since
17th January 2017 and is now offered on PlaneCheck from Cascais,
Portugal less engines and propellers.
Ultrasports Tri-Pacer/Flexiform Solo Striker G-MMWS makes a
reappearance due to abortive earlier sales. It also appeared in these
columns when Paul Risdale offered it (NOV.2138/2018) and it
progressed to the current owner/seller’s back garden in Stocksfield
(seller Tom Knapton flies from Greenhills Farm, Wheatley Hill). The
current owner has found that he does not have the time to fly it.
Another of the older classic microlights appears from a Macclesfield
owner/seller in the shape of Hiway Skytrike I/Flexiform Hilanderconstruction, but as G-CHHV is currently at Enstone (and was noted
there on 22nd June 2019) the one North of the Border is presumably
LAA 178-15233 or another previously unknown example.
Dave Baker at Carr Farm offers a Beagle Airedale project comprising
two aircraft. G-ARXC (cancelled as PWFU 12th April 1989) has had the
fuselage, elevators & rudder recovered. The fuselage is nearly rebuilt
after all the fuselage was cleaned & repainted. The other has all fabric
removed and no airframe logbook, but fuselage mostly complete. The
second aircraft is almost certainly G-AROJ (cancelled by CAA 21st
January 1980) which Cliff Baker acquired in 1984. Now with no engine
or propeller, it had suffered a tortuous latter life of external storage at
Sutton Lane, north of Heathrow in the mid-1970s, then to Ken Gomm’s
collection at Whelpley Ash Farm (opposite the end of Bovingdon’s
runway) and, after Ken relocated to the IoM, it lingered with Ron Neal
at Leicester before settling at Carr Farm
Dismantled Evans VP-2 G-RASC (Permit to Fly expired 14th
December 2006) is offered free from a Mold seller, to a buyer who
wants a quick-finish project who will not break it up for parts. Unless
the address is out-of-date, the current registered owner is some 50
miles away from the seller.
Parked up at Abbeyshrule for some 12 years, Wassmer WA81
F-GAIF [804] (cancelled as Destroyed 29th June 2007) was flown to
Ireland in 2007 and during that time numerous items have been stolen
and would now need a complete rebuild.
An Irish seller via AFORS offers a 1946 J/3 Cub project. Fuselage
was damaged in 1989 and replaced with one from an L-4 and now total
airframe time 4,257 Hrs. Photos show on-going rebuild with red-primer
covered frame aft of the cockpit area. A plate on the instrument panel
is labelled Cub Sport, but too small to discern identity details. Only
other clue was one photo applied with “© Kenneth Meegan”, although
the latter is a prolific Irish supporter of our AB-PIC, so probably no real
clue as to the Cub Sport owner.
Having previously appeared in advertisements seeking a share in
a Chipmunk, or obtaining a Simonini Paramotor or Synthesis wing, the
owner of WAR Focke-Wulf FW190 replica G-SYFW is selling this aircraft
as he does not have the time or the skills to learn to fly it. He bought
it four years ago with a new permit and has hangared it ever since,
doing regular ground runs. He admits making the mistake of buying
an aircraft before taking any flight training and has since realised that
this type of aircraft is too much for a low hours PPL-holder (retractable
u/c, tailwheel, speed, no flaps etc). With only 132Hrs total time, it is
hangared at Church Farm, Shotteswell with Permit expired 13th
September 2016.
Pete Wild from mid-Sussex, offers his “slow-build” partially
complete RV-8 (Kit No: 81261, LAA 303-13603) after initial lodging it as
a project on 4th May 2000! Empennage is 90% complete as is one wing.
Family circumstances dictate a quick sale and he would also consider
donating kit to worthy cause (school etc) and also has several tools
One of the Beagle A.109 Airedales for sale at Carr Farm is possibly G-AROJ (B.508), seen here at Whelpley Ash Farm on 31st March 1979. [Bernard Martin]