Aircraft Photo of G-AJAK | Auster 5 | AirHistory.net #865353
Location
City / Airport:Newcastle - InternationalMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGNT   IATA: NCL   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:May 1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman Collection
Photo ID: 865353
Photo Comment

Ex-RAF Auster AOP.V NJ625. Struck Off Charge 11th July 1946 and sold, becoming G-AJAK In February 1947. Sold in France as F-BIAU 21st February 1957 and then to Ireland as EI-AKN in December 1958. Reverted to G-AJAK in April 1961 with the Tyneside Linoleum Company and based at Newcastle. Later owned by the Thanet Aero Club, the aircraft crashed while landing at Ramsgate on 16 February 1967 and was officially cancelled on 8th August 1967.

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