DescriptionDe Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide ‘G-AKNV’ (34703564255).jpg
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Built 1939 for the RAF as ‘R5922’. Remained in service until 1947 when she was sold off and was registered ‘G-AKNV’ to the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. A move to Ireland in 1953 as ‘EI-AGK’ was followed by a return to the UK in 1955, back as ‘G-AKNV’ and now with Fairey Aviation. She stayed with Fairey overall, but by 1958 was actually based in Belgium as ‘OO-AFG’ with Avions Fairey SA, remaining with them until 1962. She was then reregistered as OO-CNP and began a brief life with parachutists at the ‘Centre National de Parachutisme asbl’ at Wevelgem. By late 1966, however, she was withdrawn from use and stored until saved in 1973 when a very long restoration begun.
Recently completed and beautifully finished in her original Lancashire Aircraft Corporation colour scheme, she is on display at what is known as the Brussels Air Museum, although it is actually the Air and Space Section of the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History.
Brussels, Belgium.
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