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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-18C Super Cub
    Last Military Serial:115555 AdT
    Construction Number:18-1555
    Last Civil Registration:G-OSPS
    Compressed ID:Piper L-18C sn 115555 AdT cn 18-155...
    Latest Owner or Location:Andrewsfield Aerodrome, Great Saling, Essex, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-18C by Piper.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-15555.

    To unknown owner with c/r F-MBIB.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-HMI.

    Civil registration OO-SPS reserved but not taken up.

    Civil registration G-OSPS reserved but not taken up.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n 115555.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-HMI.

    2 October 1968

    To J. Risley-Pritchard Ltd, Holland Park, London with new c/r G-AWRH.

    18 April 1969

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-SPS.

    From 9 July 1992 to 16 February 2000

    To John William Macleod with new c/r G-OSPS.

    From 16 February 2000 to 18 July 2003

    To James Patrick Morrissey keeping c/r G-OSPS.

    From 18 July 2003 to 22 June 2011

    To James Patrick Morrissey keeping c/r G-OSPS.

    22 June 2011

    To Robert Charles Lough, London keeping c/r G-OSPS.

    2014

    Based at Andrewsfield Aerodrome, Great Saling, Essex, England.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 August 2014


    Photographer: Keith Sowter
    Notes: 2014 photo of Andrewsfield based Piper L-18C at Old Buckenham
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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