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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:DHC-1B-2 Chipmunk
    Last Military Serial:18025 RCAF
    Construction Number:163-201
    Last Civil Registration:CF-RRI
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-1B-2 sn 180...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Gatineau, QC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DHC-1B-2 by de Havilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    13 February 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 18025.

    Transferred to RCAF Centralia.

    21 October 1964

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    15 March 1989

    To AO Boudreault with new c/r CF-RRI.

    4 October 1995

    To Elvie Smith keeping c/r CF-RRI.

    29 May 1996

    To Classic Aircraft Co. Ltd/Robert Fassold, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r CF-RRI.

    Markings Applied: 18025

    9 July 2004


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: De Havilland Canada DHC-1 CF-RRI (with the original Canadian bubble canopy) at Ottawa - Rockcliffe on 9/7/04. Used by the local Flying Club for pleasure flights

    8 September 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-RRI.

    From 2007 to Circa 2008

    Base of operations changed to: Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
    Robert Fassold moved his base of operations to Vintage Wings in 2007. Soon after Vintage Wings started a restoration of the airframe with the plan to repaint in the original RCAF markings.
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    3 March 2007


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: The owner, Robert Fassold, carrying out regular maintenance.

    18 May 2007


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Arriving at Vintage Wings for a visit.

    12 January 2008


    Photographer: 4111111111111111
    Notes: 1

    24 October 2019

    Civil registration, CF-RRI, cancelled.

    3 September 2020

    To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Gatineau, QC keeping c/r CF-RRI.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    Internet Sources
     Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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