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AP-AGL |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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165 |
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Registration Date: |
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April 1953 |
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Crescent Air Transport |
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de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide / Dominie |
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Construction Number: |
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6859 |
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Year Built: |
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1945 |
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Previous Registration: |
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G-AGUG |
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G-AGUG |
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Construction number 6859. Royal Air Force
(RAF) serial number NR783, March 1, 1945. Registered in United Kingdom (UK)
as G-AGUG, The Minister of Civil Aviation, October 18, 1945. Railway Air
Services (RAS), November 1945. Channel Airways,
January 15, 1946. British European Airways
(BEA) Corporation, January 1, 1947. Aircraft ownership
changed, June 18, 1948. Lancashire
Aircraft Corporation, July 8, 1948. Registration G-AGUG
cancelled on April 11, 1953. Aircraft sold to Pakistan,
April 11, 1953. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AGL for Crescent Air Transport, Karachi, May 1953. Aircraft exported to
United Kingdom (UK). Registration AP-AGL removed from
Pakistan Aircraft Register on June 13, 1956. Returned crated
to Croydon, UK, July 19, 1956. Re-registered in
UK as G-AGUG, September 4, 1956, Morton Air Services. Seen at Redhill,
UK, in 1959. Leased to Standard-Vacuum Oil Company Limited
for survey work in India and Pakistan? Badly damaged on take-off, Paksey, East
Pakistan, May 31, 1959. Ferried back to Croydon, repairs
completed, June 22, 1960. Registration G-AGUG
cancelled on January 10, 1963. Aircraft sold in France.
Aircraft inspected at Dinard, December 13, 1962. Registered in France as F-OCAG
in December 22, 1962. To Societe Eurafair, operated by SA Ardic, Dakar,
Senegal. Operated by Cie Senegaloise
de Transports Aeriens (CSTA). Certificate of Airworthiness suspended, Ziguinchor,
Senegal, March 27, 1963. Registration F-OCAG cancelled 1965. |
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