| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-AXNH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stampe-Vertongen SV-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stampe-Vertongen SV-4 |
| Aircraft Version: | SNCAN Stampe SV-4C |
| C/n (msn): | 185 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | NottinghamMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGBN IATA: NQT Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 16 May 1971 |
| Photo by: | Gordon Riley |
| Photo ID: | 762164 |
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Imported by Coburn & Hughes in 1969, owned by Gordon Ferriman of Nottingham Nov 1969 - October 1971. Registered to George Brothers, Ware, Herts, November 1971 and Permanently Withdrawn from Use, 21 March 1973. Written off (destroyed) 10/4/72 when ditched into the English Channel, about two miles off Hythe, Kent. A contemporary newspaper report gives further details ("Birmingham Daily Post" - Tuesday 11 April 1972) "TWO RESCUED Two people were rescued after a light aircraft crashed into the English Channel about two miles from Hythe, Kent, last night. They were picked up by a coaster and taken to Dover. The two-seater biplane was flying from Le Touquet to Ashford airport, Lympne." This photo is copyright © Gordon Riley, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 26 December 2024, and has since been viewed 96 times. |