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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
- Reg: N752TB photos
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CBAF.IX3807
- Airline: Private
- Photo Date: Apr 11, 2017
- Uploaded: May 17, 2017
- Ardmore Aerodrome - NZAR, New Zealand
Image of the Instrument Panel of Privately Owned ex- RAF Spitfire Mk XVI TB252 Cn CBAF IX3807 under restoration/re-build at Avpecs Pty Ltd, Ardmore NZAR, near Auckland NZ on 11Apr2017. Thanks to Warren Denholm for the photo opportunity. The aircraft was USA Registered as N7252TB in 2002 to Tony Banta of Livermore California, and moved to New Zealand for restoration. She was re-registered to Avspecs as ZK-NLJ on 27Mar2020. The Packard Merlin 266 fitted to the Spitfire was run for the first time at Ardmore, Auckland, on 28Nov2020 with the Spitfire wearing Code NL-J applicable to RAF No 341 (Alsace) Squadron in the Netherlands and Belgium in the Spring of 1945. Ref: UK AEROPLANE Magazine, February 2021 Edition.
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Image of the Instrument Panel of Privately Owned ex- RAF Spitfire Mk XVI TB252 Cn CBAF IX3807 under restoration/re-build at Avpecs Pty Ltd, Ardmore NZAR, near Auckland NZ on 11Apr2017. Thanks to Warren Denholm for the photo opportunity. The aircraft was USA Registered as N7252TB in 2002 to Tony Banta of Livermore California, and moved to New Zealand for restoration. She was re-registered to Avspecs as ZK-NLJ on 27Mar2020. The Packard Merlin 266 fitted to the Spitfire was run for the first time at Ardmore, Auckland, on 28Nov2020 with the Spitfire wearing Code NL-J applicable to RAF No 341 (Alsace) Squadron in the Netherlands and Belgium in the Spring of 1945. Ref: UK AEROPLANE Magazine, February 2021 Edition.Camera
Canon EOS 7D | Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 Macro-
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- Reg: N752TB photos
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Aircraft:
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
- Airline: Private
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Serial #:
CBAF.IX3807
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Ardmore Aerodrome - NZAR
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13Jun2021 Update: Three USA Registration ‘options’ for TB252 were checked today by Searching the USA FAA Civil (‘November’) Registry: Registration N7252TB was an invalid listing, having more than 5 Characters (following the ‘N’). Registration N752TB ‘is Assigned’: to VICKERS SUPERMARINE LTD SPITFIRE LF XVI E Serial No TB252, Owned by SOMERS CHARLES, of Hillsboro Washington. Registration N252TB ‘is Assigned’ to Mooney M20K Cn 25-1110 based in Aspen Colorado. (The obvious USA Reg for TB252 is already Assigned.) Hence, FAA Registration N752TB is Confirmed as Correct, along with the entry on the Instrument Panel placard.
This aircraft was USA Registered as ‘N7252TB’ in 2002, and was exported to New Zealand for restoration. I uploaded this 2017 image against original RAF Serial TB252, but some-one changed the Registration to incorrect entry ‘N752TB’ – taking the Number from a small black placard on the instrument panel. It looks like the Number was shortened by omission of a ‘2’ in order to fit the Text: ‘MAXIMUM SPEEDS N752TB’ in the placard width. The Correct USA Registration was ‘N7252TB’. Registration Correction attempted, but not successful. Database Correction by JP Crew is Requested.