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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-100/115 Vampire
    Latest Model:Vampire T.11
    Last Military Serial:XD538 RAF
    Last Civil Registration:N70877
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Vampire T.11 sn XD538...
    Latest Owner or Location:Courage Aviation Inc, Dover, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Vampire T.11.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XD538.

    24 June 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX70877 (DH115 VAMPIRE, XD538) issued.

    12 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo - in storage at Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona - painted incorrectly as N77087 !!

    5 July 1988

    To William G. Dilley, Ogden, UT with new c/r N70877.

    18 June 1997

    To William G. Dilley, Ogden, UT with new c/r N70877.

    10 July 2003

    To Sabre Society of North Corolina, Hickory, NC with new c/r N70877.

    To Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC.
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    Markings Applied: WD187

    21 December 2010

    To Courage Aviation Inc, Dover, DE with new c/r N70877.

    7 September 2017

    Civil registration, N70877, cancelled.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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