Incident Edgley EA-7 Optica G-BLYZ,
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Date:Friday 16 January 1987
Time:22:45
Type:Edgley EA-7 Optica
Owner/operator:Edgley Aircraft
Registration: G-BLYZ
MSN: 005
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS)
Destination airport:-
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A fire in at the manufacturing plant of Edgley destroyed ten EA-7 Optica planes as well as the Lockspeiser LDA-500 (G-UTIL) and Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ARBL.

Sources:

Flight International
1. http://www.optica.co.uk/Gallery.html
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BLYZ

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2009 11:38 harro Added
29-May-2013 01:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
20-Mar-2022 19:52 Anon. Updated [Narrative]

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