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    Airframe Family: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander / Defender
    Latest Model:BN-2T Turbine Islander
    Last Military Serial:ZG989 AAC
    Construction Number:2140
    Compressed ID:Britten-Norman BN-2T sn ZG989 AAC c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Army Air Corps

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a BN-2T.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n ZG989.

    4 September 1990


    Photographer: Andy Chetwyn
    Notes: Britten-Norman Defender ASTOR (Airborne STand Off Radar) ZG989 parked at the Farnborough Air Show in 1990. Built in 1988 the aircraft never entered operational service (the Sentinel performs the task for the RAF) but has been used for various trials and is presently in storage at RAF Shawbury
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