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Derelict and abandoned
as it was given to the museum.
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In the great
Hall of the museum.
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After much
work, it starts to look like the right thing.
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As you can
see in today
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The Magister was the
first monoplane trainer adopted by the la R.A.F. According to the
information obtained from the Historical Branch-R.A.F. London, the Miles
Magister of the museum, offered to Wing Cdr Donnet, DFC, had been delivered
the 3-10-1946 at the FAé, and was used at the technical school of
Saffrenberg for ground instruction.
It had been ferried by
Sqd Ldr Jan Ceuppens and affected to RAF's Belgian Section 169 Wing. It was
used in unit for several years before being sold the 16-9-1953.
Bought, it was then
flying under the civil registration 00-NIC. It’s the administration of
aeronautics that gave it to the museum where it was restored in its
original colours.
Serial number was T.
9800 (year 1940), it was registered TMR-50 in the Air Force Force aérienne
and registration number G-1.
More pictures and
complete history coming soon.
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