TIPSY Junior c/n J.111 OO-ULA - G-AMVP

1948-Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies
-Fitted with a 35hp Aeronca JAP J-99 engine
11/03/48-Registered as OO-ULA (CofR 754) to Ernest O.Tips - Brussel
01/48 -Flown to England
-Sold to Fairey Aviation Co.Ltd.
06/09/52-Cancelled
23/10/52-Fitted with a Walter Mikron II engine
05/03/53-Registered as G-AMVP to Fairey Aviation Co.Ltd.
1957 -Landed on the HMS Ark Royal (pilot Peter Twiss)
06/61 -Registered to Westland Aircraft (division of Fairey Aviation)
04/64 -Registered to D.G.Ellis
03/04/66-Registered to Alan R.Wershat - Blackbushe
1973 -Fitted with a bubble canopy
26/07/78-CofA expired
-Stored at Blackbushe
15/08/85-Cancelled by the CAA
-Reregistered to Alan R.Wershat
28/09/85-Flown to Popham, based
21/06/87-Flown to Alderney, based
06/10/91-Flown to Sandown, based
04/07/93-Forced landing at Wroughton due to engine-failure (TT 372hrs)
-Stored at Sandown
22/06/94-CofA expired
2005 -Restoration started
21/09/06-First test-flight at Sandown (pilot Jim Birnie) (15min.)