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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    Latest Model:DHC-1B-2-S2 Chipmunk
    Last Military Serial:12015 CAF
    Construction Number:148-186
    Last Civil Registration:C-FCYO
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-1B-2-S2 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Byron Edward James Reynolds, Wetaskiwin, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a DHC-1B-2-S2 by de Havilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    1951

    To de Havilland with new c/r CF-CYO.
    For aircraft trials.

    From 20 August 1951 to 2 June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 18015.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit at CFD Mountain View, Ontario, in late 1960s.

    From 2 June 1970 to 17 November 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 12015.

    Transferred to With 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School, CFB Portage, MB.

    From Unknown to 6 March 1984

    To William Harder with new c/r C-FCYO.

    From 29 November 1984 to 11 October 1988

    To Reynolds Motor Supply Ltd, Wetaskiwin, AB keeping c/r C-FCYO.

    From 11 October 1988 to 3 January 2002

    To Stan Reynolds Sales Ltd, Wetaskiwin, AB keeping c/r C-FCYO.

    3 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-FCYO (DHC-1B-2-S3, 148 186) issued.

    3 January 2002

    To Reynolds Museum Ltd, Wetaskiwin, AB keeping c/r C-FCYO.
    Markings added: 18015

    29 April 2009


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: at Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta

    Operated by Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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    Based at Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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    21 November 2023

    Civil registration, C-FCYO, cancelled.

    12 January 2024

    To Byron Edward James Reynolds, Wetaskiwin, AB with new c/r C-FCYO.
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