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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:AOP5
    Last Military Serial:TW501 RAF
    Last Civil Registration:G-ALBJ
    Compressed ID:Auster AOP5 sn TW501 RAF cr G-ALBJ
    Latest Owner or Location:Wickenby, Lincolnshire / Lincs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AOP5 by Auster.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TW501.

    From 13 April 1989 to 13 April 1989

    To Paul Nicholas Elkington with new c/r G-ALBJ.

    27 January 2011

    To Brian Michael Vigor, Taunton keeping c/r G-ALBJ.

    To Wickenby, Lincolnshire/Lincs, England.
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    26 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day

    August 2014


    Photographer: Henstirdge Spotter

    Aircraft now based at Dunkerswell and also in ordinal colours.
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    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
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     Michael Vigor
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