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194,theairframewasplacedinstoreat
High Ercall, being declared surplus to RAF
requirements in 1946 and struck off charge.
AR501 escaped the breakers yard as an
instructionalairframeandwasflownto
Loughborough Technical College by Flight
SergeantDRReynoldson21March1951to
become a training airframe for the students
within the aeronautical engineering depart-
ment. The total hours flown at the time of its
delivery to Loughborough were 511 ½.
AR501 was one of several airframes used forABOVE:AR501 at the start of the strip
down process.BELOW:Priortoitsfirstflightafter
restoration in 1975, pilot Neil Williams
carries out an engine test at Duxford.A 0 clocked
up over 45
hoursintheair
in front of the
cameras