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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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