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    Airframe Family: Percival 84 Jet Provost / 80/90/145/167 Strikemaster
    Latest Model:Jet Provost T.3A
    Last Military Serial:XM478 RAF
    Construction Number:PAC/W/9286
    Last Civil Registration:I-PROV
    Compressed ID:Hunting Jet Provost T.3A sn XM478 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Volandia - Parco e Museo del Volo - Somma Lombardo, Malpensa Airport, Gallarate, Lombardia / Lombardy

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a Jet Provost T.3A by Hunting.

    From 19 July 1960 to Circa 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM478.

    From 18 March 1997 to 23 July 1997

    To Transair (uk) Ltd with new c/r G-BXDL.

    From 23 July 1997 to 24 January 2000

    To Jet Provost Promotions Ltd keeping c/r G-BXDL.

    From 24 January 2000 to 27 February 2002

    To Seagull Formation Ltd keeping c/r G-BXDL.

    From 27 February 2002 to 3 March 2003

    To Gerald Peter Williams keeping c/r G-BXDL.

    From 3 March 2003 to 28 April 2006

    To de Havilland Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-BXDL.

    From Unknown to 2007

    Placed on display with Bournemouth Aviation Museum.

    30 April 2007

    To Noras SRL, Parma, Italy keeping c/r G-BXDL.

    Circa 2007

    Based at Reggio Emilia Airport, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna.
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    To Museo Volante Vola Fenice, Reggio Emilia Airfield with new c/r I-PROV.
    Renzo Catellani.

    14 October 2008

    Civil registration, G-BXDL, cancelled.

    2018

    To Volandia-Parco E Museo del Volo-Somma Lombardo, Malpensa Airport, Gallarate, Lombardia/Lombardy.
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    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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     Thorsten Ruchel
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