TIPSY NIPPER MK.II c/n 54 G-ARBP

1960 -Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies
-Fitted with a 45hp Stark Stamo 1400cc engine (s/n 180)
04/06/60-Registered as G-ARBP (CofR R6892) to G.E.A. Moore t/a Middlesex Flying Group
20/11/61-Registered to D.F. Greenland t/a The Nipper Flying Group
-Registered to Shackleton Aviation Ltd.
-Fitted with new Stamo engine (s/n FH.31)
08/06/64-Delivered to Shobdon
19/06/64-Registered to P.R. Roberts and D.W. Ellerton t/a Hereford Sportair Group - Shobdon
19/01/67-Slightly damaged during forced landing after engine stopped on glide.
-Dismantled for road transport to Sherburn-in-Elmet
-Repaired and test-flown
01/08/67-Test flight after top overhaul
02/11/67-Registered to John D. Watt - Stapleford
11/11/68-Registered to J. Kilburn, M.J.H. Collett & P. Ellway t/a The White Rose Flying Group - Yorkshire
18/03/70-Engine stolen
08/04/72-Test-flight with new engine
10/08/71-Registered to David H. Greenwood - Manchester
08/11/75-Delivered to RAF Mona
01/12/75-Registered to Peter J. Thompson - RAF Mona
22/02/75-Landing accident at RAF Mona
-Repaired
04/07/77-Registered to James Berry - Speke
-Sold to Alan Cambridge and David B. Winstantley - Staffordshire
02/11/67-Fitted with a 1834cc VW engine
10/11/84-Engine removed for overhaul
15/11/88-Registered to Frederick W. Kirk - Albrighton later Enstone and Seighford
04/06/89-Forced landing at Newstead after running out of oil during flight from Sturgate to Stafford
-Restored
08/08/90-Test-flight
07/10/06-Wing leading edges and propeller damaged after running away without pilot at Seighford
-Repaired
01/08/07-Written off during test-flight due to sudden turbulence on approach. (pilot uninjured)
09/07 -Sold to Bert Kuyper
14/10/07-Transported to Antwerpen
-Stored at Antwerpen
09/01/08-Cancelled by the CAA