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Sir Rex Hunts Cessna ?

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Sir Rex Hunts Cessna ?

Post by Jayhawks Fan » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:02 am

Can anyone confirm the identity C/N of Cessna 172 VP-FBA , noted at Stanley , about a year after the liberation . There was a lot of talk that it was Sir Rex Hunts aircraft but that may have been no more than talk. ( He was an RAF pilot )
Thanks Bob .

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Re: Sir Rex Hunts Cessna ?

Post by GOOSE » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:12 pm

That was certainly the rumour, that it was his.

Found this, but it's not conclusive-
The second Cessna aircraft was purchased by the Governor of the Falkland Islands, Sir Rex Hunt, and ferried to Port Stanley in January 1982. As with Robin Pitaluga’s aircraft, it was impressed by the Argentines and suffered similar damage during the subsequent attacks. It has never been repaired. The third Cessna, purchased new in 1976, was for the use of William Luxton, Director of the Chartres Sheep Farming Co at Chartres, West Falkland. It, too, was at Stanley Airport and suffered the same fate as the others.
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Re: Sir Rex Hunts Cessna ?

Post by g4rpi » Mon May 21, 2012 11:44 am

From Falklands The Air War
VP-FBA Cessna 172P
c/n 75309 PI N62603
Reg to R M Hunt
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Re: Sir Rex Hunts Cessna ?

Post by Jayhawks Fan » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:53 am

Thank you for that , I was fairly sure it was a USA built aircraft but that was about all , that filled a 28 year old gap in my logs . Thanks again . Bob .

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