TIPSY BELFAIR c/n 537 (OO-TIG) - G-AOXO

1948 -Constructed by Avions Fairey SA from Tipsy B components
-Fitted with a 62hp Walter Mikron II engine
-Reservation made for OO-TIG 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
26/09/58-First flight
21/11/58-Registered as G-AOXO to John C. Riddell, Arthur H. Carrington and Peter H. Lockwood
06/10/61-Registered to Vincent H. Hallam
-Used for spares for G-AISA and G-APIE
25/10/65-Registered to David H. Parslow
07/12/66-Registered to Sidney C. Allnut - Booker
06/05/69-Registered to Ben C. and Janice I. Cooper - Fairoaks
29/09/72-Registered to John E. Randall
19/08/75-Registered to Stephen W. Markham - Headcorn later Nash
-Hit a fence during an emergency landing at Coleford, during a flight from Newport to Coleford (pilot Kenneth M. Bowen)
-Repaired
26/08/75-Crashed at Eastbach Farm (TT 376,55 hrs)
27/08/75-Registered to Kenneth M. Bowen - Eastbach Farm
06/05/76-CofA expired
05/12/77-Cancelled as 'permanently withdrawn from use'