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K5066 was converted / demilitarised from a 626 after WW2 by Southern Aircraft Ltd, at Gatwick, registered as G-AHVO it ended its' days at Pebsham airfield,Hastings. Accounts as to the colour vary (there is only 1 monochrome picture of it on the web) from black / battleship grey to blue. And as to its' fate, again varies between being broken up on site, having been attractive to animals,to taken away in pieces and the fuselage being seen in Ramsgate. The registration was recorded cancelled in 1950.

As overall black doesn't work that well in sim, I've gone for blue , and left the townend ring and undercart legs au naturel for some 'bling'.

Uploaded and in the library as a 2-pack with G-AFZW


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Pete
 
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Second of a batch of 13 Avro 621 Tutor aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester between 1929 and 1932. Test flown in "Class B" registration markings as "K-4". First registered as G-AARZ 29.10.29 (C of R 2308/C of A 2562) to A.V.Roe & Co., Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester (aircraft based at Woodford Aerodrome). Retained throughout its life for test flying, and as a sales and demonstration machine. (The airframe being effectively the second prototype of three: G-AAKT was the first, and G-AATU was the third). Was used by Cobhams Flying Circus on their South Africa tour, in 1932,was written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.6.34, Spun in during aerobatic contest, Vincennes, Paris, France. Pilot, Captain Placido d'Abreu killed (he was a Portuguese national)

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Pete
 
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