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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-60 Moth
    Latest Model:DH-60G Gipsy Moth
    Construction Number:1878
    Last Civil Registration:HB-AFO
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-60G cn 1878 cr HB-A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Willy Kampfer, Dorfstrasse 27, 3373 Heimenhausen, Switzerland

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    Dates

    Event

    1931

    Constructed as a DH-60G.
    Constructed atDHs facility at Stag Lane Airport inEdgeware (Middlesex, United Kingdom

    27 October 1931

    To Doctor C Nauer, Zurich with new c/r CH-325.

    Circa 1938

    To Aeroclub of Suisse, Langenthal aerodrome with new c/r HB-AFO.

    From Circa 1961 to 1991

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored in a garage.

    1992

    To Chris Tucker.

    12 December 2001

    To Chris Tucker with new c/r HB-AFO.

    2003

    Restoration completed.
    By Chris Tucker with assistance from Airla Flugzeug Service overhaul/maintenance company at Langenthal-Bleienbach.

    17 December 2003

    First post-restoration Flight.

    27 April 2007

    To Willy Kampfer, Dorfstrasse 27, 3373 Heimenhausen, Switzerland keeping c/r HB-AFO.

    17 March 2012


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Grenchen Airport, Switzerland

    14 April 2019


    Photographer: VIN (V77RFC)
    Notes: HB-AFO - De Havilland DH.60G Moth at Langenthal

    8 July 2023


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Stanserhorn
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