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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1987 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: | Edgley EA-7 Optica |
| Owner/operator: | Claymore Air Services |
| Registration: | G-FORK |
| MSN: | 006 |
| 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 Industries at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, on the evening of 16 January 1987 destroyed several EA-7 Optica aircraft as well as the Lockspeiser LDA-500 (G-UTIL) and Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ARBL.
Sources:
1. Flight International
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=FORK
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/ptop/plain/A16990662
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sarum_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2009 11:39 | harro | Added |
| 22-Dec-2012 10:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2013 01:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 09-Aug-2013 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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