Piper J3C-65 Cub, G-KIRK / 10536, M.Kirk
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Registration: G-KIRK
Construction Number: 10536
Model Piper J3C-65 Cub
Operator: M.Kirk
Airport: Biggin Hill (BQH / EGKB), UK - England
Photographer: Derek Heley
Date Taken: 10/03/2001
Date Submitted: 26/05/2010
A competitor in the London-Australia Air Race wearing "Animal Concern (South Wales)" titles on the tail.Later damaged in a collision with a vehicle during a forced landing on a road near Kanazawa,Japan 22/10/05.It was shipped to the USA and repaired.Subsequently ditched in the Caribbean 70 miles off Puerto Rico near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands 16/02/08.Sadly not salvaged.
Picture ID:1233056