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    Airframe Family: Yakovlev Yak-18 (1946) / CJ-4 / CJ-5 / CJ-6
    Latest Model:CJ-6
    Last Military Serial:18 PLAAF
    Construction Number:0832012
    Last Civil Registration:VH-CPX
    Compressed ID:Nanchang CJ-6 sn 18 PLAAF cn 083201...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gregory Charles Blades, Welby, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1964

    Constructed as a CJ-6 by Nanchang at China.
    CJ-6 832012

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 18.

    2 November 1994

    To James Eaglen, Glen Alpine, NSW with new c/r VH-CPX.

    28 November 1996

    To Peter Tollemache, Pymble, NSW with new c/r VH-CPX.

    24 June 2006

    To Peter Tollemache, Pymble, NSW with new c/r VH-CPX.

    24 June 2006

    Operated by Lindsay Sinclair.

    7 September 2012

    To James Eaglen, Glen Alpine, NSW keeping c/r VH-CPX.

    17 September 2012

    To James Norman Eaglen, Glen Alpine, NSW keeping c/r VH-CPX.

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: A member of the Russian Roolettes team displaying at 2016 Wings Over Illawarra Airshow in New South Wales, Australia

    6 February 2022

    To Robert Bruce Mangan, The Oaks, NSW keeping c/r VH-CPX.

    15 July 2024

    To Gregory Charles Blades, Welby, NSW keeping c/r VH-CPX.
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