Aircraft G-CAPA Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	De Havilland
Model:	DH.60G Gipsy Moth    Search all De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Year built:	1928
Construction Number (C/N):	506
Aircraft Type:	Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats:	2
Number of Engines:	1
Engine Type:	Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	De Havilland Gipsy Major III
Also Registered As:	N1510V  Valid

Aircraft

Registration Number:	G-CAPA
Current Status:	De-registered

Owner

Address:

, United Kingdom

User Comments

Malcolm Clarke - Admin, 2015-06-12 08:18:30

DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II] to Ontario Provincial Government without CofA. Regd G-CAPA [CofR 361] 11.5.28 to Ontario Provincial Air Service; named "Auk". Rebuilt .30 as DH.60M (c/n 1348). Fitted with Gipsy I 22.4.32. Fitted with Gipsy II 12.5.34. Regd [CofR 2810] 9.6.48 to Hall's Air Service Ltd, Val d'Or, Quebec. Sold 21.10.55 to Warner Bros Inc, Burbank, California for use as camera ship and in film "The Spirit of St Louis"; [also reported as owned by Paul Mantz]. One of two DH.60 fuselages acquired for the film with one set of wings, which were destroyed in a trailer fire; fitted thereafter with modified ex-Canadian Tiger Moth wings by Bud Gurney and other mods, including inverted Gipsy Major IC. Regd N1510V. Sold, on completion of film, to Harlan A "Bud" Gurney, Woodland Hills, California (Gurney acted as technical director for the film and also as Lindbergh in flying sequences). CofA issued 31.5.63. Fitted [.77] with Gipsy II. Regd 22.3.84 to [widow] Mrs Hilda L Gurney, Lompoc, CA. Sold .03 & regd 11.2.04 to David A Watson, Acton, CA for rebuild as G-CAPA [.08]. Also see http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2357273&page=3