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    Airframe Family: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander / Defender
    Latest Model:Islander AL.1
    Last Military Serial:ZG995 RAF
    Construction Number:4005
    Last Civil Registration:G-SURV
    Compressed ID:Britten-Norman Islander AL.1 sn ZG9...
    Latest Owner or Location:Britten-Norman Ltd

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a BN-2T-4S.

    24 January 1994

    To Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd with new c/r G-BVHZ.

    14 April 1994

    To Britten-Norman Ltd with new c/r G-SURV.

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Ray Barber
    Notes: At RAF Fairford

    22 October 2001

    To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd keeping c/r G-SURV.

    Redesignated as Islander AL.1.

    1 October 2004

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n ZG995.

    30 November 2010


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Defender AL.1, ZG995 on final at Prestwick, Scotland

    April 2019

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ZG995.

    30 July 2021

    To Britten-Norman Ltd with new c/r G-SURV.
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