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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-21B Super Cub
    Last Military Serial:54-2468 USAF
    Construction Number:18-3868
    Last Civil Registration:G-BIMM
    Compressed ID:Piper L-21B sn 54-2468 USAF cn 18-3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Avalon Ventures Ltd, Clacton-On-Sea

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-21B by Piper.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-2468.

    To unknown owner with c/r PH-VHO.

    From 8 January 1981 to 26 April 1990

    To Dudley Sinclair Morgan with new c/r G-BIMM.

    From 26 April 1990 to 24 August 1999

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BIMM.

    From 24 August 1999 to 19 September 2002

    To Fairmont Investments Ltd keeping c/r G-BIMM.

    19 September 2002

    To Spectrum Leisure Ltd, Clacton Airfield, Clacton-On-Sea keeping c/r G-BIMM.

    To Clacton Airfield, Clacton Airfield, Clacton, Essex, England.
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    29 June 2011


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup

    30 September 2019

    To Avalon Ventures Ltd, Clacton-On-Sea keeping c/r G-BIMM.

    30 October 2024


    Photographer: Colin Keightley
    Notes: Seen at EGSU Duxford Aerodrome
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