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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6J Texan
    Last Military Serial:MM53795 AMI
    Construction Number:CCF-4-292
    Last Civil Registration:G-BJST
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry T-6J sn MM...
    Latest Owner or Location:Glenister John Fricker, Trustee of:, G-BJST Group, The Byre, Grange Green, Tilty, Dunmow

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a T-6J by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.
    Built as part of the Mutual Development Assistance Program (MDAP)

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17110.
    S/n issued for administrative purpose only - did not serve with the USAF.
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    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM53795.

    Transferred to SCIV (IA Scuola Centrale di Volo) (Central School of Flight Instructors).

    Markings Applied: SC-66

    From 21 December 1981 to 26 July 1994

    To Victor Samuel Eric Norman, Gloucs with new c/r G-BJST.

    From 21 December 1981 to 26 July 1994

    Painted as a Zero for the film Empire of the Sun.

    From 5 November 1996 to 2 January 1998

    To Gerhard Robert Adolf Schilling keeping c/r G-BJST.

    From 2 January 1998 to 31 August 2000

    To Anette Schilling keeping c/r G-BJST.

    From 31 August 2000 to 30 November 2004

    To Tuplin Holdings Ltd keeping c/r G-BJST.

    From 30 November 2004 to 24 February 2005

    To Classic Aero Engineering Ltd keeping c/r G-BJST.

    From 24 February 2005 to 11 August 2009

    To Peter John Tuplin keeping c/r G-BJST.

    By September 2005

    Markings Applied: KF729
    False Royal Air Force marks worn. Painted in the colour scheme of the aircraft HRH Prince Philip flew during his advanced training. His Harvard at that time, bore the five stars denoting his rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

    17 September 2005


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: At RNAS Yeovilton Air Day, UK

    From 11 August 2009 to 22 July 2010

    To Classic Aero Engineering Ltd, Thruxton, Hampshire, UK keeping c/r G-BJST.

    From 22 July 2010 to 15 July 2014

    To Neil Thomas Oakman keeping c/r G-BJST.

    By 2013

    Based at Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
    Operates with Classic Wings pleasure flights.
    View the Location Dossier

    15 July 2014

    To Glenister John Fricker, Trustee of:, G-BJST Group, The Byre, Grange Green, Tilty, Dunmow keeping c/r G-BJST.

    13 September 2014


    Photographer: Joop de Groot
    Notes: 2014 photo at Duxford Flying Legends

    13 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford Autumn Airshow

    From April 2015 to August 2015

    Repaired.

    By August 2015

    Markings Applied: AJ841, Wacky Wabbit

    10 July 2016


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Flying Legends 2016, Duxford,UK

    4 June 2019


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford D-Day Show


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis

    Internet Sources
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    T-6 Harvard Aviaiton
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Thomas Delvoye
    Robert Nichols

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