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    Airframe Family: Cierva CR Twin
    Latest Model:Grasshopper III
    Construction Number:GB-1
    Last Civil Registration:G-AWRP
    Compressed ID:Cierva Grasshopper III cn GB-1 cr G...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset - North, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1969

    Constructed as a Grasshopper III.

    June 1970

    First flight.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AWRP.

    By 1971

    Logged a maximum speed of 167 kph (104mph), reached 762m (2500 ft) altitude and carried out at least one full autorotation.

    October 1971

    Last flight.

    Stored at Blackpool Airport.

    February 1993

    Transported by ground. Delivered to The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
    Moved from the blackpool airport to the museum.
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    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exibited at Helicopter Museum in 2009
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