Registration / Serial:G-ABTC
Aircraft Original Type:Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Generic Type:Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Version:Comper CLA-7 Swift
C/n (msn):S32/1
Promotional Titles:Comper Swift 60th Anniversary England-Australia Flight
Aircraft Name:Spirit of Butler
City / Airport:Redhill (EGKR / KRH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 March 1982
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:333415Submit Correction
View count: 752
Peter Channon's Comper Swift back at Redhill shortly after having to abandon his attempt to re-create Arthur Butler's 1931 England-Australia 9-day flight in G-ABRE. G-ABTC left Biggin Hill on 28 December 1981 but had to make a forced landing in Jask, Iran in March 1982 due to a faulty distributor rotor arm. Channon was refused permission to proceed to Pakistan and instead flew back to Dubai from where the Swift was air-freighted to Gatwick and then flown the short hop to Redhill. Understood to be under restoration by Peter Channon near Perranporth, Cornwall in 2017.
Registration / Serial:G-ABTC
Aircraft Version:Comper CLA-7 Swift
C/n (msn):S32/1
City / Airport:Redhill (EGKR / KRH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 March 1982
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:G-ABTC
Aircraft Original Type:Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Generic Type:Comper CLA-7 Swift
Aircraft Version:Comper CLA-7 Swift
C/n (msn):S32/1
Promotional Titles:Comper Swift 60th Anniversary England-Australia Flight
Aircraft Name:Spirit of Butler
City / Airport:Redhill (EGKR / KRH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 March 1982
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:333415Submit Correction
View count: 752
Peter Channon's Comper Swift back at Redhill shortly after having to abandon his attempt to re-create Arthur Butler's 1931 England-Australia 9-day flight in G-ABRE. G-ABTC left Biggin Hill on 28 December 1981 but had to make a forced landing in Jask, Iran in March 1982 due to a faulty distributor rotor arm. Channon was refused permission to proceed to Pakistan and instead flew back to Dubai from where the Swift was air-freighted to Gatwick and then flown the short hop to Redhill. Understood to be under restoration by Peter Channon near Perranporth, Cornwall in 2017.
Registration / Serial:G-ABTC
Aircraft Version:Comper CLA-7 Swift
C/n (msn):S32/1
City / Airport:Redhill (EGKR / KRH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 March 1982
Photo by:Terry DannContact