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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft Auster / J1 Autocrat / AOP / I / II / III / IV / V / A / C / D / G / H / J / J5 Aiglet / K / L/ M / N / P / Q / S
    Latest Model:J/1 Autocrat
    Construction Number:2147
    Last Civil Registration:VH-BDQ
    Compressed ID:Auster J/1 cn 2147 cr VH-BDQ
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard Newman, Adelaide

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a J/1 by Auster.

    2 September 1946

    To Auster Aircraft with new c/r G-AIBL.

    17 October 1946

    To William Vernon Holbrook, Nottingham keeping c/r G-AIBL.

    4 February 1948

    To John Harold Dolby, Nottingham keeping c/r G-AIBL.

    23 October 1948

    To Madire Traders Ltd, Edinburgh keeping c/r G-AIBL.

    11 November 1952

    To W. S. Shackleton keeping c/r G-AIBL.

    18 December 1952

    Civil registration, G-AIBL, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    6 March 1953

    To John Robert Cooper, Blackwood, SA with new c/r VH-BDQ.

    17 February 1985


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Ballarat Airport, Victoria

    14 November 1993


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At St.Arnaud Airport, Victoria

    19 April 2005

    To John Cooper, Eden Hills, SA keeping c/r VH-BDQ.

    7 October 2013

    To John Cooper, Blackwood, SA keeping c/r VH-BDQ.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    April 2024

    To Richard Newman, Adelaide keeping c/r VH-BDQ.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
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     John Cooper
    Terry Fletcher
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