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Jointly owned by SImon Pulford, Jon Howard, Terry Parker and Mike Davey

History of Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1/3,

XM285, G-31-15, G-AYFA

Built by Scottish Aviation Ltd (SAL) at Prestwick, Scotland as a Twin Pioneer CC.1 powered by Alvis Leonides Mk.514 engines.

16 Jul 1958       First Flight.

30 Aug 1958     Delivered to the Royal Air Force and allocated serial XM285.

22 Feb 1960      Allocated to 230 Sqn. Upavon, Wiltshire. (Squadron moved to Gutersloh, W. Germany 14 Jan 1963).

18 Jan 1963      Allocated to Station Flight, Odiham, Hampshire.

2 Dec 1963        Allocated to 225 Sqn. Odiham, Hampshire.

24 Aug 1964     Allocated to Station Flight, Odiham, Hampshire (possibly used by the Short Range Conversion Unit there).

Date unknown  To 27 MU Shawbury for storage.

29 Nov 1969      Sold to Scottish Aviation and given Class B registration G-31-15 (probably for purposes of delivery flight from Shawbury to          Prestwick).

15 Jun 1970      Registered as G-AYFA with Scottish Aviation.

11 Nov 1971      Aircraft fitted with Alvis Leonides Mk.531 (uprated) engines. Aircraft type becomes Twin Pioneer CC.3.

17 Nov 1971      Aircraft delivered to Hunting Aerial Surveys routing Prestwick - Blackpool (Squires Gate) – Staverton Aircraft fitted with floor camera apertures for mapping survey equipment.

29 Feb 1972      Aircraft operated by Flight One (a survey company) and stored at Staverton. Major contract with Ordnance Survey for Stereo Photographic survey work for the change from imperial to metric mapping of the UK (in company with other Twin Pioneer aircraft - G-AZHJ, G-BBVF and later G-BCWF). Aircraft used for para-dropping work at weekends.During work with the OSFU, survey aircraft based at Blackpool, Cambridge and Staverton.

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24 May 1982     Aircraft CofA expired. External storage at Shobdon.

16 May 1991     Registration cancelled by the CAA.

 1992    Aircraft scrapped by Neville Martin and the Sandbach Car & Commercial company, Sandbach, Cheshire

1992     Aircraft cockpit and both engines purchased by M. Davey and placed in external storage with The Aeroplane Collection (TACL) at the Craft Centre, Warmingham, Cheshire. 

1994     Transported to Hooton Park, Cheshire for internal storage with   TACL.

1995     Aircraft cockpit on loan to Solway Aviation Museum, Cumbria for external storage.

2006     Cockpit sold to D. Griffiths, Mold, N. Wales and stored in hangar at RAF Sealand.

2009     Cockpit sold, via e-Bay, to P. Lomax, Morecambe, Lancs. External storage.

2010     Cockpit sold, via e-Bay, to Jon Howard, Terry Parker, Mike Davey and Simon Pulford. To Hooton Park for external storage.

2012     Cockpit transported to Parbold, Lancs for preparation to            display at the Newark Air Museum Cockpit Fest event, June 2012.

June 2012    Cockpit transported to Cheshire for storage and restoration

Thanks to Brian Jones of Liverpool for the operational data and date information.