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    Airframe Family: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander / Defender
    Latest Model:BN-2A-26 Islander
    Construction Number:878
    Last Civil Registration:5B-CHV
    Compressed ID:Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 cn 878 cr 5...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jenair

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    Dates

    Event

    1978

    Constructed as a BN-2A-26.

    16 March 1978

    To Britten-Norman Aircraft with new c/r G-BFNV.

    5 June 1979

    To Loganair, Glasgow Airport, Scotland keeping c/r G-BFNV.

    13 July 1979


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Glasgow Airport

    28 July 1987

    To Air Furness, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria keeping c/r G-BFNV.

    June 1988


    Photographer: Ken Fielding
    Notes: At Manchester Airport

    27 July 1988

    To Air and General Services, Croydon, Surrey with new c/r G-BPCD.

    6 March 1989

    To Medical Aviation Services, Glocestershire Airport, Cheltenham with new c/r G-PASZ.

    5 July 1991

    Civil registration, G-PASZ, cancelled.
    Exported to Cyprus.

    Circa August 1991

    To Jenair with new c/r 5B-CHV.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Santorini, Greece - subsequently broken up.
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