Some old BN-2 Islander photo's....

[billsamuels]

Hi Guys

I thought I read on a post a few weeks ago about someone who was particularly interested in the 'Islander' - may have been Christoff, sadly I can't find the post.  Anyway, I came across these old photo's I had in my collection (not taken by me, but all seen).







Some of you will recognize, all taken at the 'old' Gatwick Airport in the late 60's and early 70's.

Cheers lads.

Bill

[christoff]

Thanks for posting, its always great to see photos of Islanders and I never tire of looking at them,how I miss the sound of twin Lycomings here on the Island, maybe just maybe those wonderful sounds will ring in the skys once again at Bembridge.

F-OCFS Cn68
N291EX Cn112
CS-AJQ Cn65

All built 1969

Thanks Bill.

[Deleted]

Back in the mid 1970s we visited Bembridge and the airfield was covered in airframes including a BN2 bound for Venuzuala YV-???CP. If anyone can remember that registration I'd be delighted to find out.

[christoff]

Hi Buster,have looked through my Britten-Norman Historians book and found YV-142CP Cn573.. First flew 20/01/77 arrived UK as G-BEIW 01/04/77 and Delivered 22/06/77.

Other candidates maybe
Cn863 YV-364CP First flew 27/04/78 Arrived UK as G-BFCP 11/05/78 Delivered as YV-364CP 07/12/79
Cn2014 YV-365CP First flew 18/06/79 Arrived UK as G-BEXD 22/06/79 Delivered as YV-365CP 04/12/79
Cn586 YV-291CP,but this looks like it left here as N407JA for Jonas Aircraft 11/03/79 and then onto YV-291CP 07/05/79
Cn2003 YV-337CP this left here as G-BESN for Jonas Aircraft YV-337CP 29/06/79

All info by Britten-Norman Historians

[jargon]

Just to help you add to your Little Black Book Buster

...and providing it ended CP these are your choices,

ARRIVED UK usually means for final fitting out at Bembridge

YV-142CP CN 0573 BUILT GOSSELIES F/F 20/01/77 G-BEIW ARRIVED UK 01/04/77 DELIVERED REYRECA, CARACUS 22/06/77

YV-364CP CN 0863 BUILT BUCHAREST F/F 27/04/78 G-BFCP ARRIVED UK 11/05/78 DELIVERED REYYECA, CARACUS 07/12/79

YV-365CP CN 2014 BUILT GOSSELIES F/F 18/06/79 G-BEXD ARRIVED UK 22/06/79 DELIVERED VIA JONAS AIRCRAFT, REYRECA CARACAS 04/12/79

YV-377CP NOT DELIVERED TO CUSTOMER ?COULD HAVE CARRIED NUMBER BETWEEN 09/79 AND 10/80 CN 0874

YV-378CP NOT DELIVERED TO CUSTOMER ?COULD HAVE CARRIED NUMBER BETWEEN 09/79 AND 12/80 CN 0875

this is from the book ISLANDERS96 by BN HISTORIANS

Regards

John

edit- oops looks like I wasted my time Chris beat me to it, he certainly hadn't posted when I started

[Deleted]

In my head I have 141CP, but could well have been 142 I guess, but I saw it during the summer school holidays in about 1975 or 6? There were dozens of them in the long grass by the factory opposite where the light aircraft once parked.

[Deleted]

YV-C-AJG it was!  www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BBZT.pdf  Love to see an image of it painted YV.  I was eleven years old then.


Sorry chaps, I was thinking of a Citation I saw at Luton in 1978 YV-151CP

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I would add that a couple of years later and having written a few letters, I got a tour of the 'store' at Eastleigh. This was in one of the old Vickers Supermarine hangars. It had been converted to hold industrial racking with dozens of fuselage, wings, tails etc. Construction numbers galore! I still remember being shown in and being told 'DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!'. I was in there for ages!