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    Airframe Family: Aeronca C-3
    Latest Model:C-3
    Construction Number:A610
    Last Civil Registration:G-AEFT
    Compressed ID:Aeronca C-3 cn A610 cr G-AEFT
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport / Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1936

    Constructed as a C-3.

    From 13 May 1936 to 6 February 1939

    To Cinque Ports Flying Club Ltd, Lympne Airport, Kent with new c/r G-AEFT.

    From 13 March 1939 to 1 December 1946

    To LT CDR Randell Ward, RNVR, Sandown, Isle of Wight keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    1 December 1946

    Civil registration, G-AEFT, cancelled.

    From 19 February 1952 to 10 December 1955

    To Paul Simpson with new c/r G-AEFT.

    From 9 April 1956 to 20 August 1956

    To Harold Dodd keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 31 August 1956 to 30 September 1958

    To Bernard Collins keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 23 October 1958 to 23 June 1959

    To Aeronca Flying Group keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 10 July 1959 to 18 October 1961

    To Giles Baker keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 15 November 1961 to 10 May 1964

    To John Sproule keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 20 May 1964 to 27 March 1966

    To Philip Dunn keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    From 25 April 1966 to 10 September 1993

    To Clifford Humphreys, Peter Duncan, Donald McKenzie keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    9 May 1992


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the 1992 Middle Wallop Air Show.

    From 16 September 1993 to 21 August 1996

    To G-AEFT Group keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    21 August 1996

    To Nicholas Chittenden keeping c/r G-AEFT.

    By June 2014

    Placed on display with Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    19 June 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at the Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Airport

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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