TIPSY PRIMER c/n F.8455 G-6-4 - G-ALBL

1948 -Constructed out of Tipsy M OO-POM
-Fitted with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine and a reed two blade propeller
-Registered as G-6-4 to Fairey Aviation Co.Ltd. - Hamble
07/06/48-Registered as G-ALBL to Fairey Aviation Co.Ltd. - Hamble
14/08/48-First flight as G-6-4 from White Waltham (pilot Peter Twiss)
22/08/48-Certified
01/09/48-First two flights (TT 1.40hrs)
22/09/48-CofA for research and experimentation as a prototype issued
10/48 -Overhauled and turtle-deck removed
10/48 -Fitted with a Blackburn Cirrus Major
-Withdrawn from use at Hamble
1949 -Broken up
14/12/53-Cancelled