TIPSY B c/n 11 G-AFSC

1939 -Constructed by Tipsy Aircraft Co.Ltd.
-Fitted with a Walter Mikron II engine
15/07/39-Registered as G-AFSC (CofR 9064) to Airwork Flying Club - Heston
18/07/39-CofA (No.6700) issued
10/12/39-Flown to Denham, based
24/05/41-Registered to A.H.Wallis - Coventry
24/02/42-Registered to L.S.Jones - Coleshill
10/06/42-Registered to J.H.Hassall - Birmingham
14/09/45-Registered to J.C.Rice - Leicester
13/06/50-Registered to Cardiff Ultra Light Flying Club - Cardiff (CofR R2381)
07/08/53-Registered to Armstrong Siddeley Flying Club - Baginton
25/11/60-Registered to Tipsy Group - Coventry
25/05/64-Registered to Sywell Skyraiders Flying Group
25/08/64-Registered to Shackleton Aviation Ltd.
25/05/65-Registered to W.Aldroyd - Wakefield
12/04/66-Registered to J.Connolly - Middleton St.-G
24/09/69-Registered to F.H.Greenwell - Teesside
23/03/73-Registered to G.P.Hermer, D.J.Meelboom and M.G.Ducker - RAF Leeming
21/03/85-Registered to R.V. & M.H.Smith - Henstridge later Dunkeswell
-Stored
1986 -Stripped
-Restored by Brian Weare
30/06/89-Engine refitted
23/09/89-Test-flight at Dunkeswell (pilot Ron Smith)
03/90 -Forced landing due to major engine failure, no damage but one cylinder destroyed
-Engine repaired
27/08/91-Engine refitted
27/08/91-Test-flight
-Still engine-trouble, engine replaced
-Engine failure caused by cotter pin missing in camshaft timing gears
-Engine repaired
-Sold to George A.Cull
30/05/00-Registered to David M.Forshaw - Panshangar
31/12/05-TT 2758hrs