TIPSY BELFAIR c/n 533 OO-TIC

1947 -Constructed by Avions Fairey SA from Tipsy B components
-Fitted with a 62hp Walter Mikron II engine
27/12/46-Construction finished
28/10/47-Registered as OO-TIC (CofR 737) to Ernest O.Tips - Brussel
-Fitted with an extra fueltank on the right chair
21/08/50-Flown from Grimbergen to Biarritz (945 km) (pilot Albert Van Cotthem) (new world record 1A category)
-Fitted with a new wing
03/08/55-Flown from Chièvres to Sidi-Ifni (2.632,5 km) (pilot P.Andersen) (18h35) (new world record 1A category)
05/05/61-Registered to Carol Air - Gosselies
30/03/62-Registered to Agence Air Presse
-Registered to Avions Fairey SA - Gosselies
29/12/64-Destroyed when Starfighter FX-66 flew into a hangar at Gosselies
-Fairey Reed propeller, ailerons and rudder saved
-Cancelled from the Belgian Civil Register
-Propeller and other parts sold to Raymond Cuypers
-Propeller fitted on G-APIE
-Ailerons sold to AELR museum