TIPSY NIPPER MK.I c/n 11 (OO-NIC) - D-EMEC - (PH-MEC) - 'OO-NIC' - G-BWCT

1959 -Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies
-Fitted with a Pollman-Hepu KFM40/3500 engine (c/n 1055)
-Reservation made for OO-NIC by Avions Fairey SA - Gosselies
-Reservation cancelled as not taken up
-Sold in Canada
13/11/59-Shipped to Canada (together with c/n 12 and 13)
-Damaged during transport
-Returned to Belgium
-Sale cancelled
-Repaired at Gosselies
1961 -Sold to Friebe Luftfahrt-Bedarf
30/01/61-Reservation made for D-EMEC by Friebe Luftfahrt-Bedarf
02/10/62-Ferry permit issued
02/10/62-Registered as D-EMEC (CofR 1652) to J. Heyen and W. Biesgen - Marl
15/10/62-Delivered from Gosselies to Mannheim
-Registered to Hajo Heyen - Dorsten
-Damaged during taxi-collision
-Repaired
06/07/63-Emergency landing near Laggenbeck due to engine-failure
10/03/66-Ground-looped during emergency landing in a farmland aftr engine-failure during local flight from Marl
22/01/70-Cancelled from the German Civil Register
-Sold to Frans Otten - Antwerpen
-Stored
-Sold to Karel Verlaan
-Stored
-Sold to Jaap Schilder - Schagerburg
-Rebuilt to non-airworthy status
-Fitted with wheels from wheelbarrows
-Sold to Harry Van der Meer - Hoofddorp
11/01/86-Transported to Hoofddorp
-Stored at Schiphol
-Reservation made for PH-MEC by Harry Van der Meer
-Received NVAV-number: NVAV-99
15/01/87-Restoration started
20/06/87-Restorations abandoned
30/09/87-Reservation cancelled
01/01/88-Sold to Aviodome museum - Schiphol
-Restored to statich condition as OO-NIC
-Displayed in the terminal of Schiphol Airport
07/90 -Restoration started with wing of c/n 30
10/90 -Restoration abandoned
1992 -Sold to Cliff Piper
-Tailplane used for Metisse G-BVCP
27/04/95-Registered as G-BWCT to Clive R. Steer and John S. Hemmings - Rye/Bexhill-on-Sea
-New wing constructed
-Fitted with a 1834cc Aero Acro engine