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Date: | Thursday 21 September 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna F150L (Reims) |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | G-BAXX |
MSN: | F150-0960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (EGAE) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by a bomb blast whilst parked at Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 21/9/1978. The blast started a hangar fire. "The Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out a bomb attack on Eglinton airfield, County Derry. The terminal building, two aircraft hangers, and four planes were destroyed in the attack".
Restored to static display condition. Seen during the 2012 Cold War Jets Day, Bruntingthorpe 6/5/2012 (see photo below)
Registration G-BAXX cancelled by the CAA on 8/10/1980 (almost two years later)
Sources:
1. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
2.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BAXX-1.pdf 3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BAXX-2.pdf 4.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/7178711290/ 5.
http://www.planesandchoppers.com/picture/number13103.asp 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Derry_Airport#1945%E2%80%931989 7. G-BAXX verious photos 2010-2018:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-BAXX?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=desc 8.
https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch78.htm Media:
Cessna F.152 'G-BAXX' Seen during the 2012 Cold War Jets Day, Bruntingthorpe, 6-5-2012:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2011 10:56 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
07-Nov-2012 10:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2022 16:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |