TIPSY B c/n 10 G-AFRV

1939 -Constructed by Tipsy Aircraft Co.Ltd.
-Fitted with a Walter Mikron II engine
15/07/39-Registered as G-AFRV (CofR 9057) to Aircraft Rentals Ltd. - Kidlington
18/07/39-Registered to Air Training (Oxford) Ltd. - Kidlington
22/07/39-CofA (No.6706) issued
22/07/39-First test-flight
31/08/39-Accident
-Transported to General Aviation Ltd. - Feltham
01/09/39-Leased to General Aircraft Ltd. - Feltham
-Repaired
08/07/41-Test-flight at Feltham (pilot William D.Baker)
12/09/42-Enginge removed for repairs
-Put into storage
24/03/44-Test-flight (TT 79.20hrs)
10/05/44-Put into storage
27/03/45-CofA expired
23/01/46-Registered to Moss Brothers Aircraft Ltd. - Chorley
03/09/47-Taken out of storage
17/09/47-CofA renewed
22/09/47-Cancelled as 'sold'
06/07/48-Registered to J.H.Reed - Woolsington (CofR R940)
14/10/51-Put into storage because engine needed overhaul
-Engine overhauled and refitted
26/04/56-Engine-runs
28/04/56-Test-flight
-Fitted with new engine, old one fitted to G-AISB
27/07/65-Registered to Cynthia M.Harris-Reed & Ronald Allen - Doncaster
22/07/66-Registered to Michael R.B. Harris-Reed & Cynthia M.Harris - Sherburn-in-Elmet
26/04/68-Registered to John W.Frecklington, Dennis W. Oglesby and Robert Merewood t/a Links Air Touring Group
13/05/69-Registered to Ian B.Willis - Panshangar
21/08/69-Registered to David G.Walling - Fairford
18/10/72-Registered to Capt. Roger C.F. Bailey - Hamble later Shoreham
1974 -Sold to Jerry Chisum & partners - Shoreham
15/09/79-Struck cables on approach to Herrings Farm
10/02/87-Cancelled by the CAA
-Sold to Michael E.Vaisey
-Sold to Gerrit Titeca - Oudenburg
31/08/89-Exchanged with the Musée Royal de L'Armée for Stampe SV.4B V-21
-Stored
-Under rebuilt for static display
-Fitted with a new wing