TIPSY BELFAIR c/n 535 (OO-TIE) - G-APIE

1947 -Constructed by Avions Fairey SA from Tipsy B components
-Fitted with a 62hp Walter Mikron II engine
-Reservation made for OO-TIE by Ernest O.Tips - Brussel
-Unfinished airframe shipped to England
-Stored, remained crated
1950 -Final assembly started with D.Heaton - Speeton
1957 -Transported to Sherburn-in-Elmet for completion
22/10/57-Registered as G-APIE to E.S.A. Walters - Leeds
25/07/58-Finished
01/08/58-First flight
-Damaged
-Repaired
-Damaged
-Repaired
16/06/61-Registered to R.J.C. Reynell - Great Wigborough
1962 -Forced landing (propeller, landinggear, wings and rudder damaged)
-Repaired
1963 -Forced landing (LH 10-12 ribs, RH 4-6 ribs and seat damaged) (TT 120hrs)
-Repaired
15/11/63-Registered to Squadron Leader G.S. Whitley - Dishford
1965 -Forced landing (RH wing 5-7 ribs, aileron, seat, fuselage and propeller damaged) (TT 180hrs)
-Repaired and wing root recovered
-Put into storage
1967 -Fitted with a new propeller and new rudder pivots (TT 260hrs)
1967 -Loaned to the Shuttleworth Collection - Old Warden
1968 -Repaired to seat and fuselage fabrics (TT 280hrs)
1969 -Large patches of fabric from the wing were removed for inspection
24/07/71-Put into storage at Odiham
14/04/74-Taken out of storage
14/04/74-Flown to Kemble, based
02/09/74-New permit issued
1975 -Fitted with 3 new strings on fuselage
-Put into storage
01/09/75-CofA expired
26/10/75-Received permit for flight to Eastbach Farm
-Stripped and restored with parts of G-AOXO (TT 350 hrs)
25/07/79-Registered to J.J.Penney, C.J.Chambers, G.D.Claxton and L.R.Williams - Fairwood Common
1981 -Restoration finished
1982 -Repaired to rudder hinge (TT 360hrs)
1985 -Fitted with new control surfaces and cover grade A cotton (TT 450hrs)
19/08/85-CofA expired
11/10/85-Registered to Cathy O'Brien and Tim Moore (Skysport engineering) - Hatch
-Restored
23/08/88-New CofA issued
1988 -Fitted with a new pitot and modified with a tailwheel (TT 475hrs)
04/08/87-Registered to P.A. Smith - Leicester later Sywell
1989 -Engine overhauled
06/10/94-Registered to J.Jennings and David Beale - Fenland
1994 -Fitted with a new engine (TT 514hrs)
1995 -Upper fuselage recovered (TT 548hrs)
1996 -Fitted with a new propeller (TT 597 hrs)
08/10/96-Registered to David Beale - Fenland later Witchford
1997 -Various flight controls replaced (TT 641hrs)
1998 -Damaged by mouses (TT 678hrs)
-Repaired
1999 -Repaired to rudder pivots (TT 742hrs)
2001 -Fitted with Fairey Reed propeller of OO-TIC
2001 -Forced landing due to fuel pump failure
-Repaired and fitted with new rudder cables and new tailwheel brackets
2002-Cracked spinner and brake cables replaced (TT 1010hrs)
09/04 -Dismantled and completely recovered
-Tipped onto its nose at Calais, propeller damaged
-Fitted with new propeller