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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-84 Dragon / DH-89 Dragon Rapide
    Latest Model:DH-89A Mk 6 Dragon Rapide
    Last Military Serial:NF875 RAF
    Construction Number:6746
    Last Civil Registration:G-AGTM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-89A Mk 6 sn NF875 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport / Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a DH-89A.
    Built by Brush Coachworks of Loughborough

    26 May 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n NF875.

    26 May 1944

    Transferred to Maintenance Unit, Dumfries, Scotland.

    June 1945

    To Airwork General Trading Limited with new c/r G-AGTM.
    Converted her for civil use.

    From 19 September 1945 to 24 April 1953

    To Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa, Palestine keeping c/r G-AGTM.

    1953

    To Arab Contracting and Trading Company, known as Saad Transport, Beirut, Lebanon with new c/r OD-ABP.

    1962

    To Contracting and Trading Co Ltd, Amman, Jordan with new c/r JY-ACL.

    25 March 1964

    To Army Parachute Association, Netheravon, Wiltshire with new c/r G-AGTM.
    Named Valkyrie.

    Circa 1964

    Converted to a DH-89A Mk 6.

    1968

    Markings Applied: 603, CH
    Repainted in false Royal Navy colours, bearing original registration of NF875 and code for RNAS Culham.

    From 8 March 1978 to 11 September 1980

    To Sealion Shipping Ltd, Duxford keeping c/r G-AGTM.

    From 25 September 1980 to 16 February 1983

    To Airborne Taxi Services, Duxford keeping c/r G-AGTM.

    24 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford - scanned from a print

    From 1 March 1983 to 22 August 1995

    To Russavia Ltd keeping c/r G-AGTM.

    From 24 August 1995 to January 1999

    To Aviation Heritage Ltd, Kemble keeping c/r G-AGTM.
    Aviation Heritage was acquired by Air Atlantique in 1999.

    Circa August 1995

    Markings Applied: G-AGTM
    Painted in current blue and silver colour scheme.

    Circa 2008

    The aircraft is named Sybille in memory of Sybille Gautrey who was a volunteer pilot with Air Atlantique. G-AGTM was one of her particular favourites. Tragically, Sybille lost her life as a passenger in a modern aircraft in 2008.

    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2010 Sywell Airshow in the UK

    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Sywell Air Show in the UK

    25 March 2013

    Operated by Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    19 June 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at the Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Airport

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    ClassicAirForce

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    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols

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