Topic: List Of All Chipmunks In Mainland Europe

[DGH]

Below is my personel list of all Chipmunks in mainland europe compiled with a little help of Herbert. Registrations in brackets are not carried or are secondary (in my mind ) to the military reg's carried. I seem to be abit short on the locations of alot of the aircraft so I hope you guys and girls can help me out. All updates gratefully recieved, ta.

EUROPEAN CHIPMUNK SURVIVORS

Updated 17/03/06 : 19.00

Belgium

WB756      Gerard Cauberg      Spa-La Sauveniere      as G-AOJR      Airworthy
WG321      Eureka Aviation         Antwerp / Deurne      (G-DHCC)      Airworthy
WG401      Eureka Aviation                     (OO-FFT)      
WK590      Didier Campion         Grimbergen         (G-BWVZ)      Airworthy
WZ845                           (F-AZXM)      Stored
P130      Royal Army Museum      Brussels                  Stored

Denmark

WD319      E Christofferson                  ( OY-ATF )      Airworthy
P121      V Christiansen                     as OY-ALZ      Airworthy
P127      Danish Flying Museum                           On Display
P128      H Schmidt                     as OY-AVL      Airworthy
P139      Thomas Aje         Ringsted         as OY-AVF      Airworthy
P140      Niels Jorg Ensen                  as OY-ATR      Airworthy
P142      J P Jensen                     as OY-FLV      Airworthy
P143      K Frandsen                     as OY-ALL      Airworthy
P144      H Hybschmann                     as OY-ATE      Airworthy
P145      H P Nissen                     as OY-ATD      Airworthy
P146      Viggo Christiansenn                  as OY-ATL      Airworthy
P147      Allan Jensen         Stauning         as OY-ALD      Airworthy

Finland

WB564                  Lappeenranta         as OH-HCF   Airworthy / Lycoming   
      
France

WB575      Yankee Delta         Rennes            (F-AZPD)      Stored
WB739      Jean Valden         Saint Rambert d’Albon      (F-AZVA)      Airworthy
WG479      Olivier Florin         Le Touqet         (F-AZLO)      Airworthy
WK562      Laurent Lecomte      Ancenis         (F-AZUR)      Airworthy
WP900      Stanislas Tutaj and Guillaume Chaigneau Lacave   (F-AZJL)      Airworthy
WP914      Pierre Porthault         Saint Rambert d’Albon      (F-AZSM)      Airworthy
WP967      Joel Bernard         Marmande         (F-AZJQ)      Airworthy
WZ877      Adam de Villier                     as F-AZLI      
WZ878      Frances Brackl         La Baule         (F-AZQZ)      Airworthy
1302      Guy Ploussard         Nancy            as F-AZNE      Restoration
1307      Guillaume de Saulieu      Blois            as F-AZUE      Airworthy
1308      Frederic Lewis         Toulouse-Francazals      as F-AZGO      Airworthy
1321      Joseph Boueau & Pierre Chaudet  Montaigu         as F-AZMC      Airworthy
1325      Adam de Villers                     as F-AZGQ      
1333      Jean Dubroca         Les Mureaux         (F-AZGP)      Airworthy
1375      Marc de Ridder         Valencienne         (F-AZJV)      Airworthy
P132      Gerry Marchadier      La Ferte-Alais         as WB557      Airworthy
1655 (Egypt)   Nigel Stevens         Louveciennes (F-AZNS) Restoration                     

Germany

WB571      Tom Olsen         Westphalia         (G-AOSF)      Airworthy
WB689      M.M.W. Group                     as D-EPCL      Airworthy
WD306      G Loss            Lubeck            as D-EFOM   Airworthy / Lycoming
WD388      A Knoffler                     as D-EPAK      
WG466      Allied Museum         Berlin                     On Display
WK565      Kai Uwe                     as D-ELLY      Airworthy
P129      Ole Nohr-Jensen                  as OY-ATO      Airworthy

Iceland

P137      M Fridriksson                     as TF-DHC      

Netherlands

WB671      Chipmunk-4-Ever Foundation   Teuge            (G-BWTG)      Airworthy
WP835      Gerrit Martin         Teuge            (D-ERTY)      Airworthy
WP851      Cees Zoeteman/Kroonduif Air B.V Rotterdam         (PH-ZWA)      Airworthy
WP924      Klaas Doornbos      Hoogeveen         (G-BBMX)      Airworthy
WP925      Frank de Munck         Hilversum         (G-BXHA)      Airworthy

Norway

WB586      T Anthonse                     as LN-DHC      
WZ867                              as G-APOY   Stored / Fuselage

Portugal

WG350      Kenneth & Phylllis Tomsett   Portamio         (G-BPAL)      Airworthy
1301      PAF                                 Lycoming
1303      PAF                                 Lycoming
1305      PAFM            Ota                     On Display
1306      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1309      Aero Club de Torres Vedras               as CS-AZC      
1310      PAF AFA                              Lycoming
1314      Aero Club da ‘Iha-Verde   Azores            as CS-AQM      
1315      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1316      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1317      Aero Club de Portimao                  as CS-AZM      
1319      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1323      Aero Club de Torees      Vedras            as CS-AZQ      
1324      Aero Club de Portimao                  as CS-AZN      
1328      PAF            Alveria                     Gate Guard
1334      Aero Fenix Museum      Santarem         as CS-AZX      Airworthy
1335      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1339      PAF AFA                           Airworthy / Lycoming
1340      Aero Club de Coimbra      Coimbra         as CS-DAI      Airworthy
1342      Aero Club de Coimbra      Coimbra         as CS-DAJ      
1345      Aero Club de Portugal                  (G-OACP)   Resting / Lycoming
1350      Aero Club de Braga                  as CS-AZY      
1353      P Maya            Lisbon            as CS-AZQ      
1376      OGMA Museum                           On Display

Spain

WB635      Angel Fernadez         Madrid-Cuatro Vientos      as 18013 (G-TRIC)   Airworthy
WB699      J Chicharro-Villar      Gerona            as EC-BOI      Airworthy

Sweden

WD309      Rederi Ab                     as SE-FNN      
WK785      Saxeren Rederi Ab                  as SE-FOO      Airworthy
WP867      B Karlmark                     (SE-FNP)      Airworthy
P123      L Lundgen                     as SE-XKU      Airworthy
P125      Eskiltuna Motorflygklubb               as SE-GRK      
P131      L Trygg                        as SE-XFD      

Switzerland

WP847      O Trottmann                     as HB-TUG      Airworthy
1372      Chipmunk Association      Lausanne         as HB-TUM      Airworthy



Ok Herbert, look forward to the updates - might help solve the insomnia!  

[Chaseplane.nl]

Great work, Dave! And a very useful list to chase Chipmunks.

It's late again, so here we go with the updates . Obvious ones for me are:
P130 should be placed under Belgium I think, just to be consistent.
1375 is now owned by Marc de Ridder (who is Belgian himself), but the machine is indeed still based in Valencienne, France.
WP851 is owned by Cees Zoeteman/Kroonduif Air B.V.
WP925 is owned by Frank de Munck.

For the rest I'll have to dig deeper. I'll get back to you with updates if any.

Can you tell what the meaning of the asterisks ("*") are?

Herbert

[Nigel Stevens]

Hello Everybody,
A little bit more on the French based Chipmunks.
First you can get the official register view on the DGAC website.www.dgac.fr.
got to "Espace Professionnel" in the header bar
choose "Immatriculation des aeronefs" in the pop down menu
enter "de Havilland Canada" in the Constructuer box and hit the search button. You get all the DHC planes on the register including Chipmunks
if you enter "de Havilland" alone you get the Vampires and Moths as well
clicking on an individual plane give you more detail.

This list is not completely up to date. Xavier Méal sold WZ 845 after an accident in 2000. The last time I saw it ,Christmas 2004, the parts were on a pallet in Belgium.
WP900 has been sold twice since the owner show in the post. The DGAC site has not been updated since the Aeroplane has been sold and is no longer in Rouen, but in the South of France.
Only one aircraft is actually based at la Ferte Allais , F-AZCH.
F-AZNE was reserved for FAP1302, but the aeroplane was damaged when the hanger roof fell in during the wind storm in 1999. It is still under repair.
I keep Rod Brown aware of any changes that I discover, by the way.
Finally for the entry for 1655: it is no longer in Egypt, location is Louveciennes ( my workshop, not an airfield, unfortunately) and F-AZNS has been reserved for it. It is "still" under restoration from a basket case.
N in my name, ( and the registration!) stands for Nigel.
The French Chipmunks, with some exceptions, seem to fly very little and I think the fact that not all the owners speak English, means that the community is a bit cut off. I know one at least, who does not have e-mail or look at the internet.
For those who are not aware, in France, historic planes are on a register where the registration begins with F-AZ. This implies some use restrictions, in particular individual authorisations if one wants to fly outside French Air Space. It also has certain advantages.
Hope the above helps.
what does the asterisk mean against some of the entries?
regards
Nigel

[Chaseplane.nl]

Hi Nigel,

Thanks for the update, much appreciated!

As you are the owner of an ex-Egyptian Chipmunk, can you elaborate a bit about it? I have no clue as to what colour scheme these machines have been wearing or interesting modifications these Egyptian machines have recieved. Maybe a picture?

Cheers,
Herbert

[DGH]

Thanks for the updates guys, there much appreciated.  :thumbright:

I have now updated the original list

As for the '*'s I have to appologise they mean nothing!    They ment something to me when I was compiling the list and that was it, they should have been deleted, they have now gone. Sorry if you've been up scratching your heads...

Nigel I put the (Egypt) in brackets next to your aircraft just to clarify the origins of the original serial as not many have escaped from that part of the world. I decided to use the original serials rather than the construction numbers as a means of identification because I thought people could identify easier with them.  

P.S. I'm with Herbert, I'd love to hear more about your Egyptian Chippie Nigel...  

[Chaseplane.nl]

As for WP900, I've had e-mails exchanged with the last owner. This is what he has to say on her:

Helllo
I just sell it yesterday !!
The new owner is Stanislas Tutaj and Guillaume Chaigneau.
Wp900 is now in LACAVE airfield  ( private ) in the south of BRIVE
 
http://flying-dwarf.blogspot.com/    some pictures of the last fly... i wonder if i do not make a mistake to sell her !!!
Happy landing

An addition for the list . . .

Cheers,
Herbert

[DGH]

Nice work Herbert, list updated.  

Thats a great blog, shame he's sold the Chippie.  

[Chaseplane.nl]

And one more: OO-FFT is still with Eureka Aviation, though the machine is currently in pieces in a hangar in Antwerp / Deurne for restauration. The rebuild will still take a couple of years to finish, so don't expect it to fly again anytime soon.

Herbert

[DGH]

And one more: OO-FFT is still with Eureka Aviation, though the machine is currently in pieces in a hangar in Antwerp / Deurne for restauration.

  There turning it into a eating establishment......  

More good work Herbert. Is there nothing you cant find out  :notworthy:

[Chaseplane.nl]

Ehm . . .  I could do with a good dictionary I think . Well, it shows my Dutch background. With our cheeses, (French?) fries and Brussels sprouts, we people of the low lands don't need an excuse to turn anything into an eatery. Never tried that with a Chipmunk though. Might make into a small but cosy movable cafeteria

I'm sure there's enough I can't find out. These were the easy puzzles, I'll have to chew harder on what's left over . . .

[BAMTSW]

WK642 (G-BDXP, I think) is alive and well and hibernating in Kilrush, Ireland. That's a phone picture: apologies for the quality.

[Chaseplane.nl]

Hi all,

Just a small (and not yet too relevant) update on Chipmunk OO-FFT. Building it up will still take a while. However, the owner has recieved permission to paint this Chipmunk up in Belgian Air Force colours, and will do so when the machine is airworthy again. That should provide for a nice break from the UK armed forces colour schemes that are more prevalent on Chipmunks these days

Note that the Belgian Air Force only had two Chipmunks, C-1 and C-2, both of Canadian descent, but with a UK style canopy. OO-FFT was not one of them, and it's British built. It will recieve the fake serial C-3, which will make it "the third" Belgian Air Force machine . For a very short history on the two original machines, see the Wiki at the BAHA (Belgian Aviation History Association) site: http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/De+Havilland+Canada+DHC.1A+Chipmunk. The BAHA home page can be found at http://www.baha.be.

Cheers,
Herbert

Update April 27,2007: Link to the Wiki and remark on the UK style canopy

[DGH]

Thanks for the update Herbert and the link, very useful.

[Chaseplane.nl]

Dave,

Another change in the list. Chipmunk WP924 / G-BBMX has moved on from the Netherlands to Denmark recently. It is now owned by Michael Koch and probably (but unconfirmed at this moment) based at Sønderborg Airport.

Cheers,
Herbert

[Chaseplane.nl]

And as an anwer to Marc's request (http://www.caledonianchipmunks.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=245.msg3182#msg3182), Portuguese Air Force 1301, 1303 and 1310 are all withdrawn from use according to the Scramble database.

Herbert