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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Construction Number:3
    Last Civil Registration:LV-NRY
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 cn 3 cr L...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lujan Aeroclub, Lujan Airfield, Lujan, Buenos Aires

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a DHC-1 by de Havilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    February 1947

    To unknown owner with c/r LV-NRY.

    1951


    Photographer: Octavio Andrade
    Notes: Picture taken in Brazil, for an international flight meeting, with PV-NRY arriving from Argentina, for the exhibit. Mr. Andrade is trying the plane.

    To Lujan Aeroclub, Lujan Airfield, Lujan, Buenos Aires.
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    2 December 2017


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: LV-NRY DHC-1 Chipmunk at Lujan, Argentina 2 Dec 2017. This is the worlds oldest Chipmunk serial number 3, effectivly the first pre-production aircraft off the line in Downsview, Toronto, Canada, after the two prototypes. it first flew in Jan 1947 and was shipped to DH South America on 10 Feb 1947 and has remained in Argentina ever since.
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