Aircraft Photo of G-AEVE | Aeronca 300 | AirHistory.net #873603
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AEVE
Aircraft Original Type:Aeronca C-3 Collegian
Aircraft Generic Type:Aeronca C-3/100/300/700
Aircraft Version:Aeronca 300
C/n (msn):AB.120
Aircraft Name:Ely
Location
City / Airport:Peterborough - Walton (closed)
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:March 1939
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID: 873603
Photo Comment

One-off improved version of the Aeronca 100, registered to the distributors, Aircraft Exchange & Mart, in July 1938. To Peterborough Aero Club, Walton, March 1939. Flown in camouflage throughout WW2, discovered in good condition behind a hedge at Warton, Lancs, in September 1949. Reduced to spares and wings subsequently used by A W J G Ord-Hume & P Simpson in the rebuild of Aeronca 100 G-AEVT at Pinner, Middlesex, UK.

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